重庆市第一中学2018届高三12月月考英语试题.doc

重庆市第一中学2018届高三12月考试
英语试题
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。
1. Who is ing next week?
A. Mr. Peterson. B. Mr. Johnson. C. Mr. Gorden.
2. What is the woman suffering?
A. A headache. B. A fever. C. A stomachache.
3. How does the woman probably find keeping a diary?
A. Tiring. B. Interesting. C. Difficult.
4. What have the speakers forgotten?
A. The passports. B. The camera. C. The tickets.
5. When did the man’s daughter set a new world record?
A. In 1999. B. In 2005. C. In 2009.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的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至7题。
6. What’s the relationship between the woman and Alice?
A. Friends. B. Sisters. C. Classmates.
7. What does the man think the woman should do?
A. Say sorry to Alice. B. Spend more time with Alice. C. Tell Alice about her thoughts.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. When does the opera begin?
A. At 2 p.m. B. At 7 p.m. C. At 8 p.m.
9. What are the speakers going to do on Saturday evening?
A. See a movie. B. Look after their brother. C. Attend a rock concert.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Which of the following don’t the speakers have?
A. Onions. B. Carrots. C. Potatoes.
11. How many tomatoes do the speakers have now?
A. 2 small ones. B. 4 big ones. C. 4 small ones.
12. What does the man remind the woman to buy at last?
A. Beef. B. Oil. C. Butter.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. When does the conversation probably take place?
A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.
14. What’s the man’s cousin doing?
A. Having a pizza. B. Reading a ic. C. Playing guitar.
15. Who is on the phone?
A. The man’s sister. B. The man’s aunt. C. The man’s grandma.
16. What will the man do next?
A. Clean his room. B. Repair the roof. C. Take an art class.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How old is George now?
A. 15. B. 16. C. 17.
18. Why did George’s family move to Los Angeles?
A. Because of his study. B. Because of his father’s work. C. Because of his mother’s work.
19. Where is George’s sister studying?
A. In middle school. B. In high school. C. In college.
20. What does George’s mother do?
A. A shop manager. B. A nurse. C. A lawyer.
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2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项CA、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Support Worker
Do you have the ability to care for others? Can you understand how older people feel? Are you a good municator? Do you have good listening skills? Can you work weekends?
If you have answered YES to the above, we would like to hear from you:
Contact us at careers@golden-care.
Trainee Hairdresser
Full time--40 hours per week; permanent.
You will work 40 hours a week Monday to Saturday. Your responsibilities will include: weling clients，washing hair, bringing coffee and tea to customers, and keeping the salon clean and tidy at all times.
No previous experience is necessary.
Contact us at [e-mail].
Writers wanted
Wowee Magazine is looking for writers working 5 days a week for its website. Pay is based on the number of people who read your articles. You may also receive free tickets to events and free products to test. This is a great opportunity to get valuable work experience.
We want people who are: interesting, passionate, skilled.
Contact us at info@wowee.
Model
Think you could be a model? If so, we’d like to meet you! Working as a successful fashion model isn’t easy but it is very exciting and could be a great opportunity.
Girls should be over 16 with a minimum height of 172cm and boys should have a minimum height of 182cm. If you are under 16 and do not yet have the required height, we would still be interested in meeting you, but you must bring a parent.
Contact us at [e-mail]
Work for Coffee Beans
Join Britain’s number one cafe at Coffee Beans, where every cafe has the same aims: to create family-like teams and to give excellent customer service.
Many different kinds of people e and work with us, so start your career at Coffee Beans:
--choose the hours you work -- get management experience
--share your love of coffee
Contact us at [e-mail]
21. If you are good at municating, you can apply to be a .
A. support worker B. model
C. trainee hairdresser D. writer
22. If you want to work flexible hours, you should contact .
A. careers@golden-care. B. [e-mail].
C. info@wowee. D. [e-mail]
23. In which section of a newspaper can you find this article?
A. Society. B. Campus.
C. Advertisement. D. Travel.
B
Have you ever been in a situation where a bad mood suddenly wraps itself around you and won’t let go? It’s kind of like being in the middle seat on a long flight, and you’re fighting for armrest (扶手) space with the person next to you.
I was reminded of this recently when my wife and I went to a rock concert that we’d been looking forward to all year. When the band came on, everyone, including me, jumped to our feet. But then, nobody sat down, and I couldn’t see the stage for the rest of the show. Needless to say, I was extremely disappointed.
My wife could see the show fine, so she accepted it when I told her not to worry about me. But she was very sensitive. I knew that she could feel my displeasure, but I never want anyone else to feel uneasy just because I do. Moods are infectious, and I don’t want those I care for to get any of the fallout (后果) form whatever I may be dealing with. Still, I couldn’t force myself to have a good time. We got home and I was looking forward to sleeping off my disappointment, but it didn’t work. I felt sad the next day, and my disappointment didn’t go away for several days.
Looking back at the concert, it’s like I was a kid again and someone had taken Christmas away. Yes, I let the experience get to me, but I’m only human, and sometimes that is going to happen. However, I learned that when something like this happens, just remember that it doesn’t mean that you’re a bad person or broken. You just don’t like where you are at the moment, but the bad feelings will pass. So the next time you can’t rise to the occasion because a bad mood has you in its hold, give yourself a break. You can still learn something positive, even if it takes you a while to figure out what that is.
24. According to Paragraph 1, how might you feel being in the middle seat on a long fight?
A. In high spirits. B. In awful mood.
C. In excitement. D. At ease.
25. What was the author’s reaction when the concert started?
A. He was upset. B. He was disappointed.
C. He was thrilled. D. He burst into anger.
26. What do we learn from Paragraph 3?
A. The author enjoyed himself at the latter part of the concert.
B. The wife was not in the mood for the concert because of the author.
C. The author got rid of his disappointment after a night’s sleep.
D. The author cared about his wife’s mood and didn’t want to spoil it.
27. What might the author agree with?
A. Being emotional at times is acceptable.
B. Christmas is important to the author.
C. Being stuck in bad mood means you are a bad person.
D. You can learn something positive from a bad experience immediately.
C
What do you do if your nation has a severe water shortage and happens to be located in a desert? If you have the resources, you turn to technology, which is what a pany in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates (阿联酋) (UAE for short) is planning to do. The country, which gets less than four inches of rain per year, could solve its issue with water shortage by dragging icebergs from Antarctica to its shores. The first such attempt will begin in 2018.
Once the iceberg is at UAE shores, the ice above the waterline would be cut off and crushed into drinking water, which would then be stored in large water tanks. The iceberg would also have a broader impact, says Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman A1 Shehi:
“Cold air out from an iceberg close to the shore of the Arabian Sea would cause rainstorms across the Arabian Gulf and the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula all year round. As the rising air expands, cools and condenses (冷凝) due to the decrease in air pressure, water vapor (水蒸气) is collected in the clouds, which bees heavy and falls as rain.”
More icebergs will bring more water vapor and clouds, creating a profound effect on the regional climate over a decade, turning the desert into “green meadows”. The melting iceberg would also add fresh water to the Arabian sea, returning bio-diversity. There would also be a boost for tourism from all the people interested in looking at the icebergs.
The Emirates Iceberg Project es from a group of efforts by NABL called “Filling the Empty Quarter”. The project aims to dramatically influence the deserts of the “Empty Quarter”, the planet’s largest sand desert. The region is also the richest oil-producing area in the world, including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE and Yemen.
28. What is the UAE planning to do according to the text?
A. To collect fresh sea water from Antarctica.
B. To drag icebergs from Antarctica to the country.
C. To make icebergs from Antarctica melt.
D. To get 20 billion gallons of fresh water from icebergs.
29. What A1 Shehi said reflects the effect of icebergs on
A. the weather. B. the industry.
C. the biodiversity. D. the tourism.
30. According to the text, the deserts of the “Empty Quarter” are
A. turning into green meadows. B. the resource of salt in the Arabian sea.
C. the empty area without population. D. abundant in oil as a matter of fact.
31. Which can be the best title for this passage?
A. Changing Deserts into Green Meadows Using Icebergs
B. Using Antarctica’s Icebergs along the UAE Shores
C. Dragging Icebergs from Antarctica for Water Shortage
D. Getting More Fresh Water from Icebergs in Antarctica
D
People who drink three to four cups of coffee a day are more likely to see health benefits than harm，experiencing lower risks of premature death and heart disease than those who do not.
The research, which checked evidence from more than 200 previous studies, also found coffee consumption was linked to lower risks of diabetes (糖尿病), liver disease, dementia (痴呆) and some cancers. Three or four cups a day give the greatest benefit, the scientist said, except for women who are pregnant or who have higher risk of breaking bones.
Coffee is one of the most monly consumed drinks worldwide. To better understand its effects on health, Robin Poole, a public health specialist at Britain’s University of Southampton, led a research team in a review of 201 studies based on observational research and 17 studies based on clinical trials across all countries and all settings. “Coffee drinking appears safe within usual patterns of consumption,” Poole’s team concluded in their research, published in the BMJ British medical journal late on November 21.
Drinking coffee was constantly linked with a lower risk of death from all causes. The largest reduction in relative risk of premature death and heart disease was seen in people consuming three cups a day, pared with non-coffee drinkers. Drinking more than three cups a day was not linked to harm, but the beneficial effects were less palpable.
Poole’s team noted that because their review included mainly observational data, no firm conclusion could be drawn about cause and effect. But they said their findings support other recent reviews and studies of coffee intake.
32. Which one is the benefit coffee can do?
A. Preventing premature death. B. Curing liver disease and dementia.
C. Lowering the risk of heart disease. D. Increasing the risk of breaking bones.
33. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Confusing. B. Noticeable.
C. Significant. D. fortable.
34. Which might be the author’s attitude to coffee intake?
A. Positive. B. Curious. C. Tolerant. D. Critical.
35. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Coffee can prevent many mon diseases.
B. More coffee brings more benefit to health.
C. Coffee consumption is mon worldwide.
D. Coffee can do more good than harm to health.
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。
If your clear intention is to add a thousand or more new words to your present vocabulary--add them permanently, unforgettably-add them so successfully that you will soon find yourself using them in speech and writing, I advise you to take full advantage of this book by carefully following the laws of learning:
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Each chapter of this book may take one half hour to an hour and a half, depending on the amount of material and on your own speed of learning. Do one or two chapters at a time, and always decide when you stop exactly and when you will return.
Do not rush
37 Everyone learns at a different pace. Fast learners are no better than slow learners. It’s the end result that counts, not the time it takes you to finish.
Review
When you start a new chapter, go back to the last exercise of the previous chapter, cover your answer, and test your retention (记忆力). 38
Test yourself
You are not aiming for a grade, or putting your worth on the line, when you take the three prehensive Test (Chapter 8, 13 and 17). 39 You are deciding where repairs have to be made. Especially, you are experiencing a feeling of success at work well done. Use these three tests, as well as the abundant drill exercises, as aids to learning. No one is perfect and no one learns in the exact same way. 40 And then give yourself every opportunity to exploit your actual and potential abilities.
But most importantly, develop a routine and stick to it!
A. Remember to preview
B. Schedule your learning
C. Go at your own fortable speed.
D. Actually you are discovering your weakness, if any.
E. Real learning goes on only through active participation.
F. Find your best technique and speed for your unique learning patterns.
G. Do you have quick recall after a day or you simply forget everything?
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55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，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和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。
Years ago, an important event happened in my life which would change it forever. I met Kurt Kampmeir of Success Motivation Incorporation for breakfast. While we were 41 , Kurt asked me, “John, what is your 42 for personal growth?” Never at a loss for words, I tried to find things in my life that might 43 for growth. I told him about the activities in which I was 44 . And I went into a 45 on how hard I worked and the gains I was making. I must have talked for ten minu