广东省佛山一中高三上学期第一次月考考试英语试题及答案

1、2014级高三上学期第一次月考试题 出题人：唐丽琼 贾明越 谭燕平本试卷共11页，满分为135分，考试时间120分钟第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。arobots make me nervous especially the ones which seem to think for themselves. i was embarrassed to admit this till i heard that bill gates, the founder

2、 of microsoft, felt the same way.gates said in an interview with the social networking and news website reddit: “i am in the camp that is concerned about super intelligence. first the machines will do a lot of jobs for us and not be super intelligent. that should be positive if we manage well. a few

3、 decades after that though the intelligence is strong enough to be a concern.”well, maybe i dont have to worry about my computer and kitchen equipment yet. after i use them i can always pull the plug. but in the future, machines might find a way to prevent us from switching them off. theres a terrib

4、le thought!maybe the problem with computers too clever for us is not that they are evil like some weve seen in sci-fi movies. what could put us in danger is that they might be too efficient. thats what philosopher nick bostrom from oxford university believes. he says that machines are indifferent to

5、 humans and in pursuit of their own goals, the destruction of people might be just additional damage. bostrom gives us an example: a machine which might have as its only goal to produce as many paperclips as possible might look at human bodies as extra material for paperclips and go after you. becau

6、se it is, well, a machine, it would not take pity on you.its a good thing that american writer isaac asimov thought about how far robots can go and left us his three rules of robotics. they state that a robot may not hurt a human being or allow the human being to come to harm.im glad my machines at

7、home are “dumb”. all my cleaner wants to take over is the carpet in my living room. lets hope they dont create an appliance which wants to take over the world!1. the author quoted bill gates words in paragraph 2 in order to make the text _a. better-knownb. more persuasivec. better-organizedd. more i

8、nteresting2. an intelligent paperclip machine would harm us because _a. it is much cleverer than usb. it would take over the worldc. it would see us just as materiald. it has the strong feeling of destroying us3. how does the author feel about isaac asimovs rules of robotics?a. optimistic.b. sympath

9、y.c. disappointed.d. regretful.b we know the famous ones the thomas edisons and the alexander graham bells but what about the less famous inventors? what about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper（雨刮器）? shouldnt we know who they are?joan mclean think so. in fact, mclean

10、, a professor of physics at mountain university in range, feels so strongly about this matter that shes developed a course on the topic. in addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and “how” questions. according to mclean,

11、“when students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”her students agree. one young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of mclean statement. “if i had not heard the

12、 story of the windshield wipers invention,” said tommy lee, a senior physics major, “i never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive.” lee is currently negociating to sell his patent to an umbrella producer.so, just what is the story behind t

13、he windshield wiper? well, mary anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to new york city. the day was cold and stormy, but anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield,

14、she found herself wondering why there couldnt be a built-in device for cleaning the window. still wondering about this when she returned home to birmingham, alabama, anderson started drafting out solutions. one of her ideas, a lever（操作杆）on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the out

15、side, became the first windshield wiper.today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations. its hard to imagine driving without garrett a. morgans traffic light. its equally impossible to picture a world without katherine j. blodgetts innovation that makes glass invisible. can you picture li

16、fe without clear windows and eyeglasses?4. by mentioning “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”, the author indicates that countless inventions are _.a. beneficial, because their inventors are famousb. beneficial, though their inventors are less famousc. not useful, because their inventors are less

17、famousd. not useful, though their inventors are famous5. professor joan mcleans course aims to _.a. add colour and variety to students campus lifeb. inform students of the windshield wipers inventionc. carry out the requirements by mountain universityd. prepare students to try their own invention6.

18、tommy lees invention of the unbreakable umbrella was _.a. not eventually accepted by the umbrella producerb. inspired by the story behind the windshield wiperc. due to his dream of being caught in a rainstormd. not related to professor joan mcleans lectures7. which of the following can best serve as

19、 the title of this passage?a. how to help students to sell their inventions to producers?b. how to design a built-in device for cleaning the window?c. shouldnt we know who invented the windshield wiper?d. shouldnt we develop invention courses in universities?cseptember is an exciting month in every

20、college freshmans life. for many, its the first time that theyve left home to live in a new environment. but after the hustle and bustle（喧嚣）of a few weeks, excitement gives way to a less enjoyable emotion homesickness.homesickness manifests（显露）itself in many ways. you may miss mums cooking, your pet

21、s, or even your old bed. all this becomes a fond memory of the past. homesickness can be a bitter feeling for many students, especially when faced with the challenges of settling into an unfamiliar environment.but remember, youre not alone. according to a recent bbc article, 70 percent of british co

22、llege students experience homesickness. in this increasingly globalized world in which people migrate to faraway places for a relationship, education or work, homesickness is a feeling shared by many adults. homesickness can have similar symptoms to depression and in extreme cases it can develop int

23、o a panic attack. as for the term, homesickness or nostalgia wasnt invented until the 17th century. it was considered a disorder by a swiss physician, who attributed soldiers mental and physical discomfort to their longing to return home, “nostos” from greek, and the accompanying pain, “algos”.studi

24、es in recent years, however, have shown that nostalgia may have some benefits to our mental health. after a decade of surveys and researches, constantine sedikides, a us social psychologist, found that nostalgia is what makes us human. he explains that nostalgia can resist loneliness, boredom and an

25、xiety. therefore, its necessary for college students to learn some ways to overcome the uncomfortable feeling.8. from the first two paragraphs, we can infer that _.a. homesickness means a fond memory of the pastb. only a few students will experience homesicknessc. homesickness is an enjoyable emotio

26、n among freshmend. college freshmen usually suffer from homesickness after weeks9. according to the passage, we can know that _.a. homesickness may cause mental diseases b. homesickness is a feeling only shared by adultsc. homesickness wont do any good to our health d. homesickness is also called no

27、stalgia in switzerland10. the attitude of sedikides towards homesickness is _.a. negative b. supportive c. doubtful d. critical11. what is the best title for the passage?a. lets accept homesickness b. how to fit in with the college lifec. a harmful emotionhomesickness d. the disadvantages of homesic

28、knessd a child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. it is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what,

29、in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. a charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. to prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that child

30、ren who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. as to fears, there are, i think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. familiarity with the story by rep

31、etition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. there are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two - headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the str

32、ange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. i find such people, i must say so peculiar that i do not know how to argue with them. if their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from new york to philadelphia on a stic

33、k or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl -friend. no fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.12. the author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _.a . repeated wit

34、hout any changeb. treated as a jokec. made some changes by the parentd. set in the present13. according to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is _.a. in a realistic settingb. heard for the first timec. repeated too oftend. told in a different way14.the advantage claimed

35、 for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it _.a. makes them less fearful b. develops their power of memoryc. makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of d. encourages them not to have strange beliefs15. one of the reasons why some people are not in favor of fairy tales is that

36、_.a. they are full of absurd imagination b. they just make up the stories which are far from the truthc. they are not interesting d. they make teachers of history difficult to teach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。（选 e 涂ab，选 f 涂cd，选g涂ac）q & aquestion: i have recently g

37、ot a senior position within my companyone of my new tasks is to made monthly progress reports on my department in front of other senior officials. during my first meeting, i presented and then opened the floor to questions 16 my first reaction was to answer defensivelylater, i realized that i should

38、nt have felt that waybut how can i keep cool and effectively answer questions in this type of settings?answer: congratulations on your new position! presenting in front of your peers （同事）is a hard task in itself and it becomes much more difficult when a question-and-answer period is required! questi

39、on-and-answer periods are a great way to clarify the message and strengthen key points 17 18 when a person is asking a question, show interest and a desire to understand the question by listening and asking for clarification buy timewhen facing a hard question, most people cant give an answer immedi

40、atelybuy time by repeating the question in your own words 19 these techniques allow you to quickly organize your thoughts as well as to make sure you will be correctly answering the question suggest a private meeting.a one-to-one meeting is a calmer setting than speaking in front of your peers 20 as

41、how your true interestbrestate the question with respectcsome ideas can be quite concretedthere were many difficult questionseit can also be more effective in exchanging ideasfyou may also ask for clarification on the questionghere are some ideas that can help prepare for your next meeting第二部分语言知识及应

42、用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping paper on his birthday present. he was so 21 ! finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes. all the guys on his team were wearing the

43、 name-brand shoes of a popular basketball 22 , chuck hart. 23 hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous 24 , he was a great player. in fact, travis wasnt thinking about hart s behavior; he had only expected to see harts 25 on the side of the box. the first indication that something

44、 was 26 came as he tore away the last piece of paper. not harts. the new shoes were the name-brand of another player, robert ryann, who was 27 for his amazing work in the community.traviss hands 28 ; his heart stopped. it wasnt that the ryann shoes werent nice, but what would his friends think? they

45、 were the wrong shoes and travis would be 29 by the other players. when he looked up into his dads eyes, however, travis 30 he would not tell him. thanks, dad. i was really hoping for shoes, travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.next morning his dad drove him to school. when they 31 in f

46、ront of his destination, travis slowly opened the car door. just then, his dad stopped him.“hey, travis, wait a minute, look” his dad said 32 ,“travis, i know those arent the shoes you had hoped for, but i saw the names of the two guys and made a（n） 33 . the guy whose name is on those shoes,” he sai

47、d, pointing down at traviss feet, “is someone i 34 . do you know how often ryann has found himself in 35 ?” “no,” travis said.“never. hes never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and hes a team player. you could have acted like a (n) 36 when you didnt get the shoes you wanted, travis, but

48、you were 37 and made the best of it. you have such a good 38 , like the guy whose name is on these shoes. im hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes ill ever see.”when travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes 39 . his dad had used his mind and heart to give the so

49、n a thoughtful 40 .21asurprised bashamed cexcited dworried22ateam bplayer ccoach dgame23aunless bif cbecause dalthough24askill bperformance cbehavior daction25aname bphoto csign dmodel26astrange bwrong ctrue dfunny27aknown bencouraged cadopted dinfluenced28afell bfroze cshook dfolded29aquestioned bn

50、oticed cteased dattacked30ahoped bbelieved cdecided dwished31apulled up bput up ctook up dturned up32apeacefully bhesitantly cdelightedly dnaturally33achoice beffort ccomment dmistake34abelieve bmiss cadmire dremember35adanger bsurprise csorrow dtrouble36ateammate badult ckid dstudent37aupset brude

51、cpolite dglad38aquality bcourage cdream dbelief39aclearly bcarefully cpatiently ddifferently40agift blook chope dlesson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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。online shopping is coming into fashion in most cities, where people are able to make full use of the rapidly-developed in

52、ternet technology. nowadays, can we find a person 41 has not experienced online shopping? definitely not. online shopping 42 (welcome) by most people due to various reasons. from the perspective of consumers, it can save some time for people who dont have much spare time. just click the mouse, and t

53、hey can get whatever they want while staying at home. for the retailers, it can cut some costs for those who dont have much circulating funds. 43 (compare) with the traditional trade mode, they dont have to spend money in renting a house. however, there are still some 44 (advantage) in online shoppi

54、ng. first, a face-to-face deal makes online shopping less 45 (rely) and trustworthy. second, people will lose 46 fun of bargain. 47 is undeniable that shopping on the internet has become an irresistible trend in modern society. its 48 (true) urgent that we need to make the relative laws 49 the rapid growth of online shopping. only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and convenience of online shopping without the concern of 50 (cheat).第三部分 词汇与句子结构（共两节，满分15分）第一节 词汇基础（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字