湖南省第一中学2020届高三英语上学期第二次月考题

1、 整理于网络 可修改湖南省邵东县第一中学2020届高三英语上学期第二次月考题一、听力：（20分）第一节（共5小题：每小题1.分，满分5分）1What is the man going to do? AOpen the window. BFind another room. CGo out with the woman.2What do we know about Peter Schmidt? AHe has lost his ticket. BHe is expecting a ticket. CHe went out to buy a ticket.3What do we know abou

2、t mother and son? AShe wants to tell him the result of the game. BShe doesnt like him to watch TV. CShe knows which team he supports.4What are the speakers talking about? AExam results. BTime for the exam. CChange of class hours.5What will the woman tell the man? AHer companys name. BHer new address

3、. CHer phone number.第二节（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）6What is the possible relationship between the woman and the man? AWife and husband. BDoctor and patient. CBoss and secretary7What does the woman think about the man? AHe is not good to the children. BHe is not telling the truth. CHe sleeps too much.8Where d

4、oes the woman want to go? AAn office. BA fruit shop. CA police station.9What does the woman have to do now? AWait for Mark at the crossroads. BWalk ahead and turn right. CWalk a little way back.10What exactly does the man want to find out? AWhat people think of the bus service. BHow many people are

5、using the bus service. CWhich group of people use the bus service most often. 11What does the woman say about the bus service? AThe distance between bus stops is too long. BThe bus timetables are full of mistakes. CBuses are often not on time.12Why does the woman say her husband is fortunate? AHe of

6、ten goes to work in a friends car. BHe doesnt need to go shopping by bus. CHe lives close to the bus station.13What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? ASalesperson and customer BOld school friends CFellow workers14What do we know about the woman? AShe is fond of her work. BShe is

7、 tired of traveling. CShe is interested in law.15What is the man? AA company manager. BA salesperson. CA lawyer.16Why does the woman ask for the mans address? ATo send him a book. BTo get together with him. CTo repair something at his home.17What is the aim of the program?ATo keep trainees in shape.

8、 BTo improve public relations. CTo develop leadership skills.18Which of the following will the trainess be doing during the program? AAttending lectures on management BPreparing reports for the company. CMaking plans for a journey.19How long will the program last? A8 days B12 days C20 days.20If peop

9、le want to join the program, what should they do after the meeting? ATake a pre-test BPay for the program. CSign on a piece of paper.二、阅读理解（共15小题年每小题2分，满分30分） 请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。 AI arrived at my mothers home for our Monday family dinner. The smells of food flew over

10、 from the kitchen. Mother was pulling out quilt(被子)after quilt from the boxes, proudly showing me their beauties. She was preparing for a quilt show at the Elmhurst Church. When we began to fold and put them back into the boxes, I noticed something at the bottom of one box. I pulled it out. “What is

11、 this?” I asked.“Oh?” Mom said, “Thats Mamas quilt.” I spread the quilt. It looked at if a group of school children had pieced it together; irregular designs, childish pictures, a crooked line on the right.“Grandmother made this?” I said, surprised. My grandmother was a master at making quilts. This

12、 certainly didnt look like any of the quilts she had made.“Yes, right before she died. I brought it home with me last year and made some changes,” she said. “Im still working on it. See, this is what Ive done so far.”I looked at it more closely. She had made straight a crooked line. At the center of

13、 the quilt, she had stitched(缝) a piece of cloth with these words: “My mother made many quilts. She didnt get all lines straight. But I think this is beautiful. I want to see it finished. Her last quilt.” “Ooh, this is so nice, Mom,” I said. It occurred to me that by completing my grandmothers quilt

14、, my mother was honoring her own mother. I realized, too, that I held in my hands a family treasure. It started with the loving hands of one woman, and continued with the loving hands of another.21. Why did the author go to mothers home?A. To see her mothers quilts.B. To help prepare for a show.C. T

15、o get together for the family dinner.D. To discuss her grandmothers life.22. The author was surprised because .A. the quilt looked very strange.B. her grandmother liked the quilt.C. the quilt was the best she had seen.D. her mother had made some changes23. The underlined wood “crooked” in the passag

16、e most probably means .A. unfinished B. broken C. bent D. unusual24. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. A Quilt Show B. Mothers HomeC. A Monday Dinner D. Grandmothers Quilt B While all my classmates seen to be crazy about a one-way ticket to Mars(火星), Id rather say Mar

17、s is totally unsuitable for human existence. People wont have enough food supplies there, and the terrible environment would make it impossible for them to live a long life. Besides, the journey wont be safe. Can anybody explain to me just why people would go to Mars, never to return?- Steve Minear,

18、 UKHere are the things you can think of: the desire to explore a foreign and unique environment, the excitement of being the first humans to open up a new world, the expectation of fame and gloryFor scientists there is another reason. Their observations and research will probably lead to great scien

19、tific achievements.- Donal Trollop, CanadaThere are already too many people on the Earth. I think that sometime before the end of the century, there will be a human colony(殖民地)on Mars. It will happen when people finally realize that tow-way trips to the red planet Mars are unnecessary. Most of the d

20、anger of space Flight is in the launches(发射) and landings. Cutting the trip home would therefore reduce the danger of accidents, save a lot of money, and open the way to building an everlasting human settlement on another world.Enough supplies can be sent on ahead. And every two years more supplies

21、and more people will be sent to the new colony. Mars has all the materials for a colony to produce or make everything it needs, and Mars is far more pleasant than the other planets in the outer space.- Paul Davies. USA25. The main purpose of Steve Minears writing is . A. to report his classmates dis

22、cussion B. to invite an answer to his questionC. to explain the natural state of Mars D. to show his agreement on going to Mars26. Which of the following best states Donal Trollops idea?A. There is a plan to send humans to Mars.B. There are many reasons for going to Mars.C. Scientists become famous

23、by doing research on Mars.D. It is possible to build an Earth-like environment on Mars.27. Paul Davies points out that .A. humans need only a one-way ticket to Mars.B. two-way trips to Mars will be made safe soonC. it is easy to reduce the danger and cost of flights to MarsD. it is cheap to build an

24、 everlasting human settlement on Mars28. What does Paul Davies think of human existence on Mars?A. Humans will have to bring all they need from the Earth.B. Humans will find Mars totally unsuitable for living.C. Humans can produce everything they need.D. Humans can live longer in the colony on Mars.

25、 C Being able to multitaskdoing several things at the same timeis considered a welcome skill by most people. But if we consider the situation of the young people aged from eight to eighteen, we should think again.What we often see nowadays is that young people juggle an ever larger number of electro

26、nic devices(电子产品)as they study. While working, they also surf on the Internet, send out emails, answer the telephone and listen to music on their iPods. In a sense, they are spending a significant amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.Multitasking is even changing the relationship be

27、tween family members. As young people around them. They can no longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they cat at the family table.Multitasking also affects young peoples performance at university and in the workplace. When asked about their opinion of the effect of modern ga

28、dgets(器具)on their performance of tasks, many young people gave a positive response(反应). However, the response from the worlds of education and business was not quite as positive. Educators feel that multitasking by children has a serious effect on later development of study skills. They believe that

29、 many college students now need help to improve their study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people entering the job market need to be taught all over again, as modern gadgets have made it unnecessary for them to learn special skills to do their work.29. What does the underlined word “ju

30、ggle” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?A. Want to buy B. Take the place of.C. Use at the same time D. Seek for information from.30. In Paragraph 3, the author points out that .A. family members do not cat at the family tableB. family member do not greet each otherC. young people live happily in the

31、ir familiesD. young people seldom talk with their family members31. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Multitasking is harmful to young peoples development.B. Young people benefit a lot from modern gadgetsC. Multitasking is an important skill to young people.D. Young people must learn sk

32、ills for future jobs.32. The author develops the passage mainly by .A. providing typical examplesB. following the natural time orderC. comparing opinions from different fieldsD. presenting a cause and analyzing its effects DSeeing a volcano erupt (喷发) is a wonderful experience, and you can really fe

33、el the beat by climbing to the summit(山顶) of Pacaya for a close-up view. There are guided tours every day up this highly active volcano from Antigua.,giving travelers a chance to see Mother Nature at her most powerful.Pacaya is an easy drive from Antigua, a beautiful city with many colorful houses a

34、long its old streets that are turned into art-works during its Holy Week festival. No matter when you come to Antigua, you wont miss the Pacaya-tour companies.But climbing Pacaya is no easy job: it is 2560 metres high, and reaching the summit takes two to three hours of seemingly one-step-forward an

35、d two-step-back movements. As you climb, you hear the dull sounds of eruptions high above. Steaming,hot remains from recent eruptions begin to line the path as you near the active summit; the McKenney Cone(火山锥). Just as though you were going to walk over to the edge of the cone, the road turns to th

36、e left and up to the relative safety of the old, inactive summit.Many tours are timed so that you arrive at the cone of the volcano is plenty of time for sunset and the full contrast between the erupting red lava(熔岩) and the darkening sky. On a good day the view from the summit is extremely exciting

37、. The active mouth boils, sending red lava over its sides, and once in a while shoots hot streams up to 100 metres into the air. There is a strong bad smell in the air even if you take care to be upwind of the cone. As evening turns deeper into the night, the burning lava quietly falls down to side

38、of the volcano. For you, too, it is time to get down .33. What is the main purpose of this passage? A. To attract tourists to Pacaya. B. To describe the beauty of Pacaya.C. To introduce guided tours to Pacaya. D. To explain the power of nature at Pacaya.34. Antigua is a city . A. where people can en

39、joy cultural festivals B. where the daring Pacaya tour startsC. that gives a close-up view of Paraya D. that is famous for its tour companies 35. Climbing to the McKenney Cone, people will .A. walk directly to the active summit B. hear the continuous loud noise from aboveC. make greater efforts than

40、 to other summits D. see a path lined with remains of earlier eruptions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。It would be hard to overlook the influence that television once held over family life. 36 It was always there in the background. But that world is disappearing.A repor

41、t shows that children are more likely to watch programs and videos on laptops and mobile phones, rather than on television screens. That is to say, watching television within families is becoming a private and individual activity. 37 TV sets, the focus in a lot of homes for many years, are falling o

42、ut of favor among children, 38 The monitoring survey shows their viewing has slightly increased this year to an average of over two and a half hours per day. Half of children and teenagers preferred watching back-to-back episodes (剧集), so that two and a half hours of viewing might be for a single pr

43、ogram. 39 The idea of a TV channel with a fixed schedule also seems as clumsy as a DVD player.Such shared viewing is so last century. No longer will children argue over what to watch and then complain about their parents choices. And parents are increasingly unlikely to be able to supervise their ch

44、ildrens viewing. 40 A. It was a shared experience across communities.B. The idea of waiting for a program is disappearing.C. Homes become places where people are alone together,D. Even if you hated programs, you still watched them.E. Both of them realize the shape of family life is changing.F. Teena

45、gers regarded themselves as what they liked on television.G. Its not that young people have stopped watching programs and videos.三、 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Inspiration“Mama, when I grow up, Im going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three.

46、It was the first time that my _41_ took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was _42_ to more, my interests in the world of dance _43_ varied but that little girls dream of someday becoming a _44_ in the company never left me. In the summer of 20

47、05 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a _45_; I became a member of the company _46_ back to 1925.As I look back on that day now, it surely _47_ any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief _48_ I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first

48、 day. I never actually _49_ to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely _50_. I remember shaking with excitement. Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of _51_. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I

49、 found it vital to _52_ up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is the extreme _53_ to detail (细节) and stress on practice that set us 54_. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals _55_ a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new _56_ of the word

50、s “hard work.” What I thought were my physical _57_ were pushed much further than I thought _58_. I learned to make each performance better than the last.Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great _59_ of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see

51、a _60_ that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.41. A. hobby B. plan C. dream D. word42.A connected B. expanded C. exposed D. extended43. A. rarely B. certainly C. probably D.

52、 consistently44.A. director B. trainer C. leader D. dancer45. A. symbol B. memory C. truth D. reality46. A. bouncing B. dating C. turning D. tracking47. A. lacksB. addsC. makes D. brings48. A. while B. since C. until D. when49A. cared B. expected C. asked D. decided50.A. motivated B. relaxed C. conv

53、inced D. astonished51A. challenges B. profits C. advantages D. adventures52.A. put B. mix C. build D. pick 53A. attention B. association C. attraction D. adaptation54.A. apart B. aside C. off D. back55.A. over B. by C. with D. beyond56.A. function B. meaning C. expression D. usage57.A. boundaries B.

54、 problems C. barriers D. efforts58.A. necessary B. perfect C. properD. possible59A. talent B. honor C. potential D. responsibility60.A. victory B. trend C. tradition D. desire四、单词拼写（10分）61. What I didn t know was that my will would be tested even more when I _. (退役)62. The Russian Federation has iss

55、ued a decree(法令)abolishing special _ (特权) for government officials63. Despite _ him of all his possessions, they even threatened to shoot him.（抢劫）64. The young man was so hungry that he had three _ of bread without drinking water.（块、条）65. According to the theory of Newton, nothing can escape from the _ of the earth in our world.（