2017七宝中学高三9月月考

1、2017七宝中学高三英语月考（9月）i. listening comprehension (25%)section adirections: in section a, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. at the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. after you hear

2、 a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. a. an artist.b. a carpenter.c. a house painter.d. a salesman.2. a. on a train.b. in a car.c. on a plane.d. on a bus.3. a. she looks good

3、in blue.b. she never wears sweaters. c. she might prefer another color.d. she enjoys receiving gifts.4. a. someone painted it for her.b. she finally had time to paint it. c. she decided to paint it later.d. some friends will help her to paint it.5. a. todays seminar was informative. b. another semin

4、ar will take place the following week. c. next weeks seminar is on a different topic. d. there will be two seminars next week.6. a. its dull.b. its fun.c. its simple.d. its complicated.7. a. $3.75.b. $3.85.c. $3.55.d. $3.65.8. a. at a shoe store.b. at a bookstore. c. at the airport.d. at a gift shop

5、.9. a. they stay closed until summer comes. b. they cater chiefly to tourists. c. they are busy all the year round. d. they provide quality service to their customers.10. a. her mild temper.b. her broad knowledge. c. her teaching style.d. her detailed answers.section bdirections: in section b, you w

6、ill hear two short passages, and you will be asked to questions on each of the passages. the passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. when you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question y

7、ou have heard.questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. a. diet.b. sleep.c. space.d. stress.12. a. they tend to reproduce more.b. they may show more signs of violence. c. they can eat and sleep better.d. they may commit suicide.13. a. rats can populate rapidly. b. population exp

8、losion can lead to violence. c. overcrowdedness may have the same effects on man. d. it is a natural law that animals live and die.questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. a. crimes committed by young people. b. crimes committed by needy people. c. influence on young people. d. st

9、ealing and violence.15. a. they are usually poor and in need. b. they do not have as much freedom or money as they want. c. they live in an environment where everybody knows each other. d. they are not satisfied with the adult world.16. a. the family and the school.b. the adults and the mass media.

10、c. they society and the young people.d. the young people themselves.section cdirections: in section c, you will hear a longer conversation. the conversation will be read twice. after you hear the conversation, you are required to answer the following questions.17. a. because he was late. b. because

11、he was tired. c. because he was given away. d. because he was fed up.18. a. in a flea market.b. at a supermarket. c. in a company.d. in a garage.19. a. he picked the bottles on shelves. b. he put the labels on goods. c. he lifted heavy boxes. d. he put hundreds of bottles and tins.20. a. the superma

12、rket was open until 9 p.m. b. the supermarket was open from monday to friday. c. the supermarket was open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. d. the supermarket was open till 1 or 2 a.m. ii. grammar and vocabulary (20%)section adirections: read the following two passages. fill in the blanks to make the passage co

13、herent. for the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word. for the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.have you gotten married? have you received a salary raise? have you bought a house

14、?are you familiar with these questions starting with have you ?if your answer is yes and you are getting sick of answering these questions, you probably have become a member of the home-fear group.the home-fear group refers to _21_ feeling anxious about returning home during the spring festival. the

15、y have deep concerns about going back home for such factors as heavy economic pressure, high costs of the festival, the troubles of buying tickets, the long distance of the journey and exposure of private matters _22_(involve) family or love life.now, a special song has been tailor-made for this gro

16、up.the seven-minute song utilizes a choir style and rap. the beginning of the song _23_(sing) by the choir, which involves a family scene _24_ a recently returned young adult is asked a series of questions by family members. after the question attack from relatives, the young man decides to reflect

17、_25_ his past and also defend himself through rap.according to the official weibo account of shanghai rainbow indoor chorus, this is more than just a funny song, but a useful guide for young people. a careful listen to some of the lyrics will inspire you on _26_ to wisely answer many spring festival

18、-specific questions.it is a very interesting yet brainwashing song, truly describing the _27_(satisfactory) situation quite a few young chinese people have been trapped in, sina weibo user santilin clouds said.according to a survey recently conducted among 1,918 young people by the research center a

19、t china youth daily, an overwhelming 86.4 percent of interviewees think it is necessary _28_ (return) to their homeland during the spring festival, _29_ _ they are afraid of losing face for an average life or career.indeed, we _30_ not be that good but we will work hard in the future. thats enough!

20、after all, the essence of spending the spring festival is reunion not compression, the song echoes the theme at the ending.section bdirections: complete the following passage by using the words in the box. each word can only be used once. note that there is one word more than you need.a. aims b. ini

21、tiatives c. misguided d. sharp ab. charity ac. demand ad. lifting bc. expressed bd. instability cd. delivered abc. imposingfood prices are soaring to record levels, threatening many developing countries with mass hunger and political instability（不稳定）. finance ministers of the group of 20 leading eco

22、nomies discussed the problem at a meeting in paris last week, but for all of their _31_ concern, most are already breaking their promises to help. after the last _32_ price increase in 2008, the g-20 promised to invest $22 billion over three years to help poor countries boost food production. to dat

23、e, the world bank fund that is supposed to administer this money has received less than $400 million.food prices are now higher than their 2008 peak, driven by rising _33_ in developing countries and unstable weather, including drought in russia and ukraine and a dry spell in north china that threat

24、ens the crop of the worlds largest wheat producer. the world bank says the increase has pushed 44 million people into extreme poverty just since june.in 2008, 30 countries had food riots(暴动). that has not happened, at least not yet. the united nations food and agriculture organization warns that moz

25、ambique, uganda, mali, niger and somalia are extremely vulnerable to _34_ because of rising prices, along with kyrgyzstan and tajikistan in asia, and haiti, guatemala, bolivia and honduras in latin america._35_ government policies could make matters worse. some countries are stockpiling food accordi

26、ng to the policies. when india did that last year, food ended up rotting in storages. others are _36_ agricultural export bans, which discourages investment in production. the worlds wealthier nations must press them to rethink these polices and back that up with real help.the obama administration h

27、as proposed worthy _37_, but even when democrats controlled congress it had a hard time getting the money. the administration promised $3.5 billion to the g-20 effort. so far, it has _38_ only $66.6 million to the world bank fund. it is now asking for $408 million for the fund-part of a $1.64 billio

28、n request for its feed the future initiative, which _39_ to strengthen poor countries food production capabilities. however, the continuing resolution passed by the house now cuts $800 million out of the food aid budget - bringing it down to about $1 billion, roughly where it was in 2001.the white h

29、ouse needs to push back hard. this isnt a question of _40_. it is an issue of life or death for millions of people. and the hard truth is that if the united states doesnt keep its word, no one else will.iii. reading comprehension (45%)section a directions: for each blank in the following passage the

30、re are four words or phrases marked a, b, c and d. fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.the people of the makah nation have lived on washington states olympic peninsula for thousands of years. they call themselves kwi-dich-cha-at, which _41_ “people who live by the r

31、ocks and seagulls.” the shorter name of makah, bestowed on them by neighboring native american peoples, means “generous with food.” before the white settlers arrived in the american northwest, the makah hunted gray and humpback whales from canoes made from the western red cedar tree. whales _42_ mea

32、t, blubber, and bone for food, oil, and utensils. the makah enjoyed a lively trade in whale products with other native americans and later with an intensity and efficiency that quickly _43_ the numbers of these creatures. the makah relationship to the whales, on the other hand, was as much _44_ as m

33、aterial. whales and whaling were _45_ in their songs and dances. images of whales were _46_ into blankets and baskets and carved in stone and wood. by the 1920s, with local whales on the brink of _47_, the makah stopped hunting them altogether. through _48_ conservation measures, whales returned to

34、the waters off the olympic peninsula soon. in the 1970s, archeologists discovered many objects that confirmed the long and significant relationship between the makah and whales. this awareness _49_ a cultural resurgence(复兴) that included a focus on traditional foods and the health problems some link

35、ed to changes in the makah diet, particularly the _50_ from it of sea mammal meat. eventually, the makah decided to resume hunting whales. although their plans faced strong opposition from different groups, they cited an 1885 treaty signed with the u.s. government that _51_ the fight to continue thi

36、s practice. after years of planning, the makah _52_ the first hunt for the late fall of 1998. they succeeded in bringing in a gray whale about six months later. today the makah hunt whales in the _53_ way-from large seagoing canoes, using harpoons. divers enter the water and tie the killed whales ja

37、ws shut to prevent the animal from sinking. the whales are finally towed to shore and cut into pieces _54_ traditional rituals. the blubber and meat is distributed among makah families. no part of the whale can be sold _55_, although artifacts that makah carvers make from bones are often available f

38、or purchase.41. a. guides b. ignores c. means d. admires 42. a. providedb. separatedc. consumedd. wasted 43. a. decreasedb. increasedc. countedd. divided 44. a. artificialb. theoretical c. spirituald. physical 45. a. issuesb. versionsc. subjectsd. requests46. a. putb. transferredc. printedd. woven 4

39、7. a. extinctionb. collapsec. destructiond. disaster 48. a. simpleb. moderatec. aggressived. temporary 49. a. contributed tob. added toc. referred tod. responded to 50. a. abundanceb. disappearancec. diversityd. familiarity 51. a. demandedb. avoidedc. retainedd. guaranteed52. a. scheduledb. continue

40、d c. stopped d. described53. a. convenient b. traditional c. practicald. proper 54. a. in accordance with b. as a result of c. in place of d. at the cost of 55. a. globallyb. secretly c. commerciallyd. cheaplysection bdirections: read the following three passages. each passage is followed by several

41、 questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(a)in december 2008, caroline kennedy daughter of the late u.s. president john f. kennedysat down, as

42、a frontrunner for the senate seat in new york, for a televised interview that helped decide the future of her campaign. the result was a disaster.her performance wasnt well received, in part because her speech was full of filler words“ums,” “ahs” and “you knows.” one listener counted 27 “ums” and 38

43、 “you knows” in the space of five minutes. a few weeks after the interview, kennedy ended her senate campaign.filler words may seem natural in everyday speech, but they can be deadly in formal presentations. “using excessive fillers is the most annoying speech habit,” said susan ward, a speech speci

44、alist. “they take your listeners attention away often to the point that he doesnt hear anything you say. your message is entirely lost.”many speakers are afraid of pause. they believe their audience will think they are inarticulate（不善于表达）if they pause to think of what to say next, so they use filler

45、 words to avoid the silence. however, a pause is actually more impressive than a filler word. listeners know that the speaker is thinking, trying to find the right word. sometimes a pause can actually improve a speech, as when an actor uses a dramatic pause to hold the attention of his audience. a s

46、peaker shouldnt be afraid to pause occasionally during a speech; it shows self-confidence.it takes some work to cut out filler words. you can begin by taking a few seconds to think about what you want to say the next time you are asked a question. this pause will help you begin powerfully, and it wi

47、ll help you avoid using a filler word.the same public speaking technique applies when you are shifting from one idea to another. while you may be tempted to fill the silence between ideas with a filler word, remember to allow yourself to pause and think about what you want to say next.if you need he

48、lp to overcome your “um” problem, consider asking a family member or a friend to point out when you use filler words. you also could record an upcoming presentation and then watch yourself in action. you may be amazed at how often you say “um” or “uh”!although we live in a fast-paced society that se

49、emingly demands instant answers, we must use the pause to our advantage. finally, we should only speak when we are ready.56. in the first two paragraphs of the article the writer intends to _. a. introduce caroline kennedy to readers b. explain what filler words are c. illustrate how deadly filler w

50、ords can be in the public speech d. remind readers that they should count filler words used in public speeches57. the reason why filler words are considered annoying by speech specialist is that _. a. they prevent the listener focusing on what the speaker is saying. b. they convey the speakers super

51、iority to the listener. c. they mean the speaker is not articulate at all. d. they make the speaker appear self-confident.58. when used properly, pauses in speeches can actually _. a. help the speaker calm down b. hold the attention of the audience c. show the speakers anxiety d. help the audience r

52、elax59. which of the following is not suggested as a way to get rid of filler words? a. to have mental training in order to think faster. b. to watch a recording of your own speech. c. to ask someone else to point out when you use filler words. d. to practice thinking for a moment before answering a

53、 question. (b)scholarship application tips in 2013 for college students before you apply1. work hard to get good grades. dont sweat about one bad grade, but always strive to do your best.2. get involved, and stay involved, in out-of-class activities. sports, clubs, drama, bands and orchestras these

54、often count toward a students overall scholarship application evaluation. the same goes for paid (or unpaid) work experience.3. begin your scholarship research early by your sophomore (大学二年级) or junior year of high school, if possible. make special note of application deadlines, as they can vary fro

55、m late summer to late spring.4. apply for as many scholarships as you are eligible (符合条件的) for several smaller scholarships can add up to a lot of money. during the application process1. read the supplementary materials that come with scholarship application forms to better understand the programs f

56、ocus (community service, subject interest). try to answer the questions with the focus area in mind.2. answer questions as they are asked. dont go off topic.3. if there is a financial section to the application, make sure you get accurate and complete information from all appropriate sources to ensure your eligibility.4. take your time. write down everything you can think of for each question, then set the application aside for a day so you can look everything over again before you send it off.5. dont wait until the last minute to complete your applica