（整理版高中英语）湄潭第一学期高三第五次月考英语试题

1、湄潭- 第一学期高三第五次月考英 语 试 题本试卷分第一卷选择题和第二卷非选择题两局部。第一卷选择题第一局部 英语知识运用共三节，总分值50分从a、四个选项中，找出其划线局部与所给单词的划线局部读音相同的选项。(共5小题，每题1分，总分值5分)1. weigha. enoughb. ploughc. roughd. cough 2. measurea. pleasureb. sugarc. prisond. settle3 .breathe a. truth b. thirsty c. theory d. smooth4. neighbor a. receive b. seize c. nei

2、ther d. weight5. festival a. secret b. envelopec. elect d. business第二节 语法和词汇知识共15小题；每题1分，总分值15分从a、四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项。6. bad luck. they didnt offer the job to me. _ youve been well prepared for the interview.a. so what?b. what if?c. how come?d. what about?7. thank you for all your hard work last w

3、eek. i dont think we _ it without you.a. can manageb. could have managed c. could manage d. can have managed8. after the accident a policeman was appointed to _ the cause of the big fire.a. look forb. look afterc. look intod. look upon9. not only i but also other workers_ willing to have a rest afte

4、r a week's work. a. is b. are c. am d. be10. lily's mobile phone was left in a taxi accidentally, never_ again.a. to find b. to be found c. finding d. being found11. his mother always tells him that he should be more careful, but _ doesn't work. a. which b. she c. he d. it12. it was in t

5、he stone house was built as a school by local villagers the boy finished his primary school.a. which; that b. that; where c. which; where d. that; which13. i havent read of the articles carefully, but i find that there is a striking similarity between them.a. each b. either c. anyd. neither14. did y

6、ou go to the open-air concert? no. we _. but we spent too much time shopping.a. could have gone b. must have gonec. cant have gone d. shouldnt have gone15. we like _ on sundays when the whole family get together talking and laughing.a. thisb. that c. it d. those16. after graduation i went to somalia

7、. when i first set foot on strange land, i didnt know what the future had in store for me.a. 不填; a b. the; the c. the; 不填d. the; a 17. with all the magazines i needed _, i left the post office.a. buying    b. to buy     c. bought    d. to be bought18

8、. jack has gone to australia, but im wondering why he _ in such a hurry.aleftbhas leftcleavesdwas leaving19. next week well have the final english exam.yes? then, every minute must be made full use _ english.aof studyingbto study cof being studyingdof to study20. the scientist made several discoveri

9、es, _.a. which we think are importantb. which we think that is importantc. we think which are importantd. which we think is important 第三节 完形填空共20小题；每题1.5分，总分值30分阅读下面短文,掌握其大意，然后从2140各题所给的四个选项a、b、c和d中,选出最正确选项并将答案填在答题卡上。my father woke me up early one summer morning announcing, “get up. youre going with

10、 me to cut grass. the idea 21 my father actually thought i was big enough to help him in his 22 made me feel proud and 23 . from sunup to sundown my father, my younger brother and i 24 in the large yards in a rich part of atlanta, georgia. by the end of the day i was tired out, but felt good. i had

11、25 a hard days labour and had earned $6.one day my father found some leaves id 26 and pulled me aside. “clear away these leaves, he said 27 , “and dont make me have to tell you to do it again. the 28 was clear. today i value the importance of doing a job 29 the first time. it will never 30 to impres

12、s the person you are working for.after two years my father told me and my brother that he felt we were 31 enough to do lawns(草坪) on our own. every saturday , we 32 out early in the morning with the same desire and drive we had gained while working 33 our father.taking care of lawns was not exciting

13、34 high-paying, but that didnt matter. it taught me that any job is a good job and that 35 i was paid was more than i had before.a newspaper reporter once asked me how someone 36 possible live on a forty-hour- a week minimum(最低的) pay. “my father never worked just forty hours a 37 , and neither have

14、i. i replied. “if youre only working forty hours, you probably dont want to do 38 better than youre doing.in every job ive 39 -from doing lawns to washing dishes-i have learned something that helped me in my next job. if you 40 hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.21. a. whatb. thatc. whic

15、hd. why22. a. farmb. familyc. businessd. company 23. a. excitedb. tiredc. troubledd. unpleasant24. a. playedb. excisedc. workedd. struggled25.a. put outb. put downc. put awayd. put in26. a. collectedb. cleanedc. missedd. noticed27. a. finallyb. usuallyc. unexpectedlyd. firmly28. a. newsb. messagec.

16、informationd. word29. a. rightb. quicklyc. fastd. wrong30. a. happenb. seemc. faild. begin31. a. strongb. oldc. cleverd. skilled32. a. workedb. setc. turnedd. figured 33. a. beyondb. withoutc. underd. like34. a. andb. and yetc. butd. or35. a. no matter howb. whateverc. no matter whatd. however36. a.

17、 mustb. shouldc. mayd. could37. a. dayb. yearc. weekd. month38. a. someb. anyc. littled. very39. a. foundb. lostc. heldd. helped40. a. seeb. workc. tryd. enjoy第二局部 阅读理解共25小题。第一节每题2分，第二节每题1分；总分值45分第一节 阅读以下短文，从所给的四个选项a、和中，选出最正确选项，并在答案填在答题卡上。 apeople in the united states honor their parents with two sp

18、ecial days: mothers day, on the second sunday in may, and fathers day, on the third sunday in june. these days are set aside to show love and respect for parents. they raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens. they give love and care. these two days offer a chance to think ab

19、out the changing roles of mothers and fathers. more mothers now work outside the home. more fathers must help with child-care.these two special days are celebrated in many different ways. on mothers day people wear carnations. a. red one stands for a living mother. a. white one shows that the mother

20、 is dead. many people attend religious services宗教仪式to honor parents. it is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit their graves. on these days, families get together at home and in restaurants. they often have outdoor bbqs for fathers day. these are days of fun and good feelings and memo

21、ries.another tradition is to give cards and gifts. children make them in school. many people make their own presents. these are valued more than the ones bought in stores. it is not the value of the gift that is important, but it is “the thought that counts. greeting card stores, florists, candy mak

22、ers, bakeries, telephones companies and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.41. which is not a reason for children to show love and respect for parents?a. parents bring childrenb. parents give love and care to childrenc. parents educate children to be good persons.d. parents pass

23、 away before children grow up42. what do you know from the passage?a. mothers day and fathers day are both in may.b. fewer women worked outside the home in the pastc. not all the children respect their parentsd. fathers are not as important as mothers at home43. which do you think is right about “ca

24、rnation?a. it only has two kinds of color.b. it is a special kind of clothes people wear on mothers day or fathers day.c. its a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.d. people can wear carnations only on the second sunday in may.44. what do you think “florists do?a. they sell flowersb. they ma

25、de bread or pastryc. they offer enough room for having family parties.d. they sell special clothes for mothers day and fathers day.blet children learn to judge their own work. a child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. he not

26、ices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other peoples. in the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught to walk, run, climb, whis

27、tle, ride a bicyclethey compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. but in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. we do it all for him. we act as if we thought that he would never notice a

28、 mistake. if it is a matter in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. let him correct his own papers. why should we teachers waste time in such routine日常的work? our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he cant find the way to get the right answer. let the children learn wh

29、at all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what he does not know.45. according to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by_.a. listening to skilled peoples advice. b. asking older people many questionsc. making mistakes and ha

30、ving them correctedd. doing what other people do46. which of the following does the writer think teachers should not do?.a. give children correct answersb. allow children to mark mistakes.c. point out childrens mistakes to them. d. let children mark their own work47. according to the writer, teacher

31、s in school should _a. allow children to learn from each otherb. point out childrens mistakes whenever foundc. correct childrens mistakes as soon as possibled. give children more book knowledge48. the passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are_a. different from learni

32、ng other skillsb. the same as learning skillsc. more important than other skillsd. not really important skillsci entered high school having read hundreds of books. but i was not a good reader. merely bookish, i lacked a point of view when i read. rather, i read in order to get a point of view. i sea

33、rched books for good expressions and sayings, pieces of information, ideas, themesanything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated. when one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade english class that a person could not have a “complicated idea until he had read at least two thousan

34、d books, i heard the words without recognizing either its irony嘲讽or its very complicated truth. i merely determined to make a list of all the books i had ever read. strict with myself, i included only once a title i might have read several times.how, after all, could one read a book more than once?a

35、nd i included only those books over a hundred pages in length.could anything shorter be a book?there was yet another high school list i made. one day i came across a newspaper article about an english professor at a nearby state college. the article had a list of the “hundred most important books of

36、 western civilization. “more than anything else in my life, the professor told the reporter with finalityfirmly, “these books have made me all that i am. that was the kind of words i couldnt ignore. i kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles. most books, of course, i

37、 hardly understood. while reading plato's the republic, for example, i needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about. however, with the special patience and superstition迷信of a schoolboy, i looked at every word of the text. and by the time i reach

38、ed the last word, pleased, i persuaded myself that i had read the republic, and seriously crossed plato off my list49. on hearing the teacher's suggestion of reading, the writer thought _.a. one must read as many books as possibleb. a student should not have a complicated ideac. it was impossibl

39、e for one to read two thousand booksd. students ought to make a list of the books they had read50. while at high school, the writer _.a. had plans for reading b. learned to educate himselfc. only read books over 100 pages d. read only one book several times51. the writer's purpose in mentioning

40、the republic is to _.a. explain why it was included in the listb. describe why he seriously crossed it off the listc. show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understandd. prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word52. the writer provides two book list

41、s to _.a. show how he developed his point of viewb. tell his reading experience at high schoolc. introduce the two persons' reading methodsd. explain that he read many books at high schooldare some people born clever, and others born stupid? or is intelligence developed by our environment and ou

42、r experience? strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. to some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. on the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelli

43、gence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. thus the limits of persons intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. this view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.it is easy to show that intellig

44、ence is to some extent something we are born with. the closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligence. thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. if, on

45、the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.imagine now that we take two identical twins

46、and put them in different environments. we might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. we would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. this conclusion is also suggested

47、 by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.53. the writer is in favor of the view that mans intelligence is given to him_.a. at birth b. through educationc. both at birth and through education d

48、. neither at birth nor through education54. if a child is born with low intelligence, he can_.a. become a geniusb. still become a genius if he should be given special educationc. not reach his intelligence in his life. d. reach his intelligence limits in rich surroundings55. the example of the twins

49、 going to a university and to a factory separately shows_.a. the importance of their intelligence b. the role of environment on intelligencec. the importance of their positions d. the part that birth plays56. the best title of the passage can be _.a. surroundings b. effect of educationc. dependence

50、on environment d. intelligenceewhat is the color of the universe? astronomers had not answered this question until two months ago. that is when two american astronomers reported on their study of all the light in the universe. they said that the universe would appear to the human eyes to be a light

51、greenish color.karl glazebrook and ivan baldry of johns hopkins university in baltimore, maryland, reported their finding in january. they presented the research at a meeting of the american astronomical society. they said that finding the color of the universe was not part of their more serious sci

52、entific research. they did it for fun.however, earlier this month, the scientists admitted making a mistake. they said their finding was much more colorful than it should have been. they now say the light from our universe is closer to white. it is more like a milky or creamy white color.their study

53、 attempted to show what people might see if they could observe the universe from far away. the scientists found the average color by combining light from about two-hundred-thousand star systems. their information came from an observatory in new south wales, australia.the scientists gave a number val

54、ue to the colors of the different star systems. then they added the numbers together and found the average measurement. the scientists used this average to identify the color of the universe. they said it was a very pretty light green. many newspapers and television stations reported their finding.o

55、ther scientists and color engineers attempted to reproduce the result. mark fairchild of the rochester institute discovered a mistake in the computer software program used by the johns hopkins scientists.when the mistake was corrected, the results changed. the new color of the universe is much less colorful. it is very close to white.57.the color of the universe is _.aclose to whitebblackcbluedlight greenish58.the two scientists found the color of the universe by _.acombining light from about 200,000 star systemsbobserving at an ob