江西省南城一中2014—2015学年高三上学期八月月考英语试题.doc

南城一中2014—2015学年上学期高三八月月考
英 语 试 题
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话有一个小题，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.Why does the woman ask the man to come?
A.She feels cold. B.She wants to order some food.
C.Something is wrong with the soup.
2.Who will probably hold a party?
A.The woman's friend. B.The man. C.The man's friend.
3.What does the woman mean?
A.The man should buy the suit. B.The man should change his job.
C.The color of the suit is not suitable.
4.What are the speakers doing?
A.Enjoying their honeymoon. B.Attending a wedding.
C.Seeing a movie.
5.What does Maria think of studying English abroad?
A.Useful and necessary. B.Useful but expensive. C.Useless and expensive.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。
听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。
6.What was the robber like?
A.Dark skin and long black hair. B.Dark skin and short brown hair.
C.Brown skin and short black hair.
7.What does the woman remember about the robber's clothing?
A.His T-shirt's color. B.His trousers' style. C.His jeans' color.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。
8.Where is Julia Swan?
A.In Shanghai. B.In New York. C.In California.
9.What did Julia ask the speakers to do?
A.Attend her art lesson. B.Work at Fudan University.
C.Visit her when they're free.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。
10.What's wrong with the man's camera?
A.Its battery runs out very quickly. B.Its button doesn't work properly.
C.Its screen always goes black.
11.How long has the man had the camera?
A.A week. B.Half a month. C.A month.
12.What is the woman's attitude?
A.Impatient. B.Sincere. C.Rude.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13.What kind of flowers does the man order?
A.A dozen red carnations. B.A dozen yellow carnations.
C.A dozen pink roses.
14.Where should the flowers be sent?
A.No.84,WM Street. B.No.48,MW Road. C.No.84,MW Street.
15.What does the man require the woman to do at last?
A.Call him to confirm the information. B.Call before delivering the flowers.
C.Help him write a letter.
16.What can we learn from the conversation?
A.The flowers are for the man's mom.
B.The man will pay for the flowers in cash.
C.The flowers will be delivered to the man's home.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17.Where will the recycling campaign be held?
A.In a school. B.In a radio station. C.In a recycling center.
18.When will the recycling campaign begin?
A.At 8:00 am on July 8th. B.At 10:00 am on July 10th.
C.At 10:00 am on July 18th.
19.Why does the speaker ask the listeners to bring cans?
A.To use them to play games.
B.To put them in the special recycling bins.
C.To learn how to sort household rubbish.
20.How can the listeners know more about the recycling campaign?
A.By making a call. B.By listening to the radio.
C.By reading the newspapers.
第二部分 英语知识应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. —Can I really get a mountain bicycle as a reward if I win the race?
—Absolutely! ______.
A. It all depends       B. I mean it         C. You’ve got me there D. So will you
22. As ______ matter of fact,______ beauty of ______ nature there made an excellent impression on me.
A. a, the, the B. the, the, / C. a, the, / D. a, /, the
23. ______deep down in the earth, the dead forests rotted away and became coal.
A. Burying B. Buried C. To bury D. Having buried
24. Finally, the judge decided to ______ the driver ______ a life sentence.
A. sentence, with B. declare, to C. annouce, for D. sentence, to
25. Perhaps each of us has moments in our lives ___________ we desperately search for
something everywhere but it is just under our noses.
A. where B. that C. when D. what
26．This information allows businessmen to keep________ of their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving.
A．sight B．track C．touch D．sign
27. It was not ________ his pay was not good but just _________ what he said that he was fired.
A. because; because of B. because; because
C. because of; because D. because of; because of
28.A round moon in the sky _____ an attack of homesickness to Li Bai and then came the
poem, A Tranquil Night.
A. set down   B. set out  C. set up  D. set off
29. -- I’m exhausted. I _____ on a project day and night.
-- You’d better have several days off after finishing it. Otherwise you might break down.
A. have been working B. have worked C. work D. worked
30. This is a simple idea, ________ is hard to put into practice.
A. one B. that C. it D. one that
31. I don’t want to ______exactly how the system works.
A. give in B. give up C. give away D. give off
32. The whole street hasn’t been cleaned for a whole week, so the number of rats________ increasing and quantities of rubbish ________ been piled up.
A. is; have B. is; has C. are; have D. are; has
33. After _______ seemed about five hours，we finally arrived at the beaches，just _______ rubbish and thrown- away plastic bags here and there.
A. when；finding B. what；to find
C. which；to find D. that；found
34. Life is like a mirror. If you smile at it, it will smile back at you ; if you frown at it, you will get an unhappy look______.
A. in common B. in public C. in store D. in return
35. ________ a mobile phone can you ring ______ you want to talk with anyway.
A. Using; whoever B. Only on; whomever
C. By; whatever D. With; anyone
第二节： 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As little children，most of us were taught the virtue of honesty from fairy tales and other stories. The story of Pinocchio, who begins life as a puppet, teaches us the ___36__of telling the truth. In the story of young George Washington, who lies about cutting down the cherry tree, we learn that he earns his father’s praise only when he ___37__what he has done. Even though we know that “honesty is the best policy，” why do we often lie in our everyday life? There is more than one factor__38___what we do.
We sometimes lie to___39__ our errors and mistakes. For example，some students might lie to their teachers about unfinished homework. They might say that they left the work at home when, __40___, they didn’t even do the work. These students don’t want to be irresponsible, so they ___41__a lie to save face.
Another reason we lie is to __42___situations we don't want to be in．If we just don’t want to attend the dorm meeting early on Saturday morning, we might give this__43___: “I've been fighting off a cold all week，and I need to sleep on Saturday morning.”
We lie because we___44__ believe that telling the truth will cause problems. When we don’t know how to say no, we often use lies to avoid difficulties.
However, lies are not always negative; in fact two kinds of lies can __45___ positive results. The first is commonly __46___ as a “white lie.” We tell white lies when we don’t want to __47___ other people's feelings. For example, if a good friend __48___ with an unflattering（难看的）haircut, it is awful to tell the truth and say, “That haircut is terrible. It doesn't suit you at all！” ___49__, we are more likely to lie and say, “I like your haircut．It looks good on you,” thus __50___ our friend’s feelings.
The second kind of positive lie is the “protective lie”.This one can help us get out of or avoid __51___ situations. Parents often teach their children to use this kind of lie. For example, parents tell their children not to say that they are home alone if they receive phone calls from strangers. In this situation, lying can ___52__ harm or disasters.
People lie for many reasons, both good and bad. __53___, before we resort to（采用）lying to cover up __54___ or to avoid unpleasant situations, perhaps we should rethink our __55___ for lying.
36. A. way
B. lesson
C. significance
D. difficulty
37. A. realizes
B. admits
C. regrets
D. knows
38. A. applying to
B. subscribing to
C submitting to
D. contributing to
39. A. solve
B. minimize
C. correct
D. reject
40. A. in fact
B. as usual
C. in particular
D. on purpose
41. A. pick up
B. sum up
C. make up
D. do up
42. A. break up with
B. get hold of
C. do away with
D. get out of
43. A. excuse
B. reason
C. fact
D. description
44. A. highly
B. firmly
C. thoroughly
D. obviously
45. A. represent
B. reveal
C. yield
D. release
46. A. shown
B. mentioned
C. called
D. known
47. A. hurt
B. destroy
C. ruin
D. injure
48. A. gets up
B. takes up
C. shows up
D. holds up
49. A. Still
B. Personally
C. Honestly
D. Rather
50. A. hiding
B. sparing
C. defending
D. maintaining
51. A. risky
B. inconvenient
C. embarrassing
D. boring
52. A. abandon
B. abolish
C. cause
D. prevent
53. A. However
B. Therefore
C. Besides
D. Instead
54. A. disadvantages
B. feelings
C. mistakes
D. dangers
55. A. motivations
B. possibilities
C. reputations
D. consequences

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题； 每小题2分，满分40 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中， 选出最佳选项。
A
It was blazing hot, just like most July days. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with a chocolate ice-cream. It was an old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the tabletop. I sat down facing her a couple of tables away.
“Poor woman,” I thought, “What does she get out of life? Why God let people live so long past their prime?”
As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years... In minutes, the two of them were trembling with laughter.
I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings. I was sad. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. I sat alone. She was sharing the day with a good friend. I was secretly worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn’t hurting her.
As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
56. From the passage we know that the ice-shop _________.
A. changed a lot in the past B. started its business 70 years ago
C. had only a couple of tables D. had only women shoppers.
57. The writer implies all of the following except that _________.
A. the old lady had lived a full and satisfying life
B. the writer had more problems than the old lady
C. the old lady was very lonely and sad
D. the old lady had learned to enjoy the simple things in life
58. What is the meaning of the underlined word “prime” in this passage?
A. miserable life B. wonderful experience
C. long career D. time of great strength, beauty, vigor(活力)
59. Which of the following is the conclusion the writer made about the old lady?
A. She was more alive and sensitive to life than the writer.
B. She considered the young man pitiable.
C. She was to be pitied for her old age.
D. People should not be allowed to live when they are too old.
60. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?
A. To tell us the life of old people
B. To show that old age does not mean being short of spirit.
C. To show the difference between the old and the young.
D. To make the reader have a pity on the old people.
B
You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.
“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” Gray told the BBC. “They [elevators] are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”
We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, liftusers unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.
He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box.
If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance.
When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.
New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple – look down, or look at your phone.
Why are we so awkward in lifts?
“You don’t have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm’s length of distance between us. And that’s not possible in most elevators.”
In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.
61.The main purpose of the article is to _____.
A. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator
B. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride
C. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquette
D. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator
62. According to Gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _____.
A. turn around and greet one another B. look around or examine their phone
C. make eye contact with those in the elevator
D. try to keep a distance from other people
63. Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?
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(The point in the chart refers to one person.)
64. The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _____.
A. judge B. ignore C. put up with D. make the best of
65. According to the article, people feel awkward in lifts because of _____.
A. someone’s odd behaviors B. the lack of space
C. thei