湖北省荆州市沙市中学2025届高三12月考-英语试题（含答案）.docx

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024—2025 学年度上学期 2022 级
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2 月月考英语试卷
命题人：张媛媛
审题人：沈金京
考试时间：2024 年 12 月 26 日
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。
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. What does the man think of his interview
A. Terrible.
B. Impressive.
C. Boring.
C. A baby.
C. In a book.
. Who was injured in the accident?
A. No one.
B. Three women.
. Where is the photograph now?
A. On the desk.
B. On the bookshelf.
. Why did the woman change her job?
A. She lost interest in golf.
B. She got injured in her twenties.
C. Practicing law made her earn more.
. When will Helen’s mother come?
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A. This Friday.
B. This Sunday.
C. Next Friday.
第二节（共 15 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项
中选出最佳选项。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、7 题。
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. Who is Alice most probably?
A. The girl’s workmate.
. What does the boy think the girl should do?
A. Say sorry to Alice. B. Spend more time with Alice. C. Tell Alice about her thoughts.
B. The girl’s sister.
C. The girl’s friend.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。
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. Where is the man?
A. In Paris.
B. In London.
C. In New York.
. What does the man plan to do in the evening?
A. Go to the theater.
B. Eat at a restaurant.
C. Walk through Hyde Park.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。
0. What kind of research paper is required?
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A. A report.
B. A book review.
C. A study.
1. What can we learn about the examination?
A. It has at least five pages.
B. It covers the lectures and outside readings.
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C. There are 50 multiple-choice questions to answer.
2. Why does the woman choose the research paper?
A. She thinks the exam is difficult.
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B. She is good at doing research.
C. She likes the topic of the paper.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。
3. What kind of sale is the store holding?
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A. Closing sale.
B. Holiday sale.
C. Opening sale.
C. At 4: 00 p.m.
4. When must everyone leave the store today?
A. At 6: 00 p.m.
B. At 5: 00 p.m.
5. How much are $100 worth of things in Row Two?
A. $15.
6. Which row might the electronic product be in?
A. Row One. B. Row Two.
B. $50.
C. $65.
C. Row Three.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
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7. What is the speaker?
A. A radio hostess.
B. A tour guide.
C. A traveler.
8. What does the speaker say about golf in America?
A. It has twenty thousand audience.
B. It dates back to the 19th century.
C. It is played by people of all ages.
9. What do Americans like doing best?
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A. Gardening.
0. What is the speaker talking about?
A. American sports. B. Americans’ hobbies.
B. Playing golf.
C. Watching football games.
C. Americans’ lifestyles.
第二部分 阅读（共两节, 满分 50 分）
第一节（共 15 小题; 每小题 2.5 分, 满分 37.5 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。
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Revolutionary Glasses Make It Safe to Drive at Night
Did you know that more than 40 percent of all deadly car accidents occur at night? A recent
breakthrough eyeglass technology has made it safe to drive at night. It’s almost like having “X-ray”
vision while driving.
Spend money on your safety and peace of mind behind the wheel with a pair of these cutting edge
night driving glasses. The amount of car accidents that occur at night is mostly the result of poor
visibility. Even with 60% less traffic on the road at night, accidents still happen due to blinding light and
just overall bad driving visibility.
Imagine being able to clearly see what’s in front of you and what’s approaching, even if it’s very
dark and foggy. Once you start wearing ClearView night glasses, you’ll feel much more confident and
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safe driving when it’s getting dark. With ClearView you will notice an instant reduction in strong light
from oncoming traffic and bright street lights.
This is because the special yellow lens tint (镜片色彩) can block strong blue light, and increase
contrast. ClearView passes the global traffic light standard for safer sharper vision at night with flying
colors.
You can start using ClearView immediately even if you wear glasses. Simply place ClearView on
top of your glasses and be amazed by the difference this technology makes!
Is it worth it? Absolutely! Keep a pair in each of your cars to make sure you have your glasses at
hand when night comes. If you care about your family’s safety then this is a no-brainer.
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1. According to the text, the main cause of unsafe driving at night is __________.
A. heavy traffic
B. low visibility
C. poor eyesight
D. bad driving
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2. How does ClearView make it safe to drive at night?
A. It cures night blindness.
B. It passes the national standard.
C. It provides “X-ray” vision for drivers.
3. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?
D. It reduces the brightness of strong light.
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A. To inform.
B. To explain.
C. To promote.
D. To entertain.
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It all started in 2017 when James Bowen, a thirty-something drug addict who survived by playing
guitar on the street, found an orange cat sitting in front of the door of his apartment.
Bowen noticed the cat was wounded. Without hesitating, the young man took him to the Humane
Society and spent the little money he had on medicine to treat him.
Shortly thereafter, the cat, who was healing and feeling much better, began to follow the musician
when he left the house. Then one day the cat got on the bus that Bowen took to the place where he
worked.
That’s how the cat, who had recently been named Bob, began to accompany his human friend to his
musical performances. Bob’s mere presence attracted the attention of passers-by. He and Bowen would
finish off each song with a high five. Pretty soon, the images of Bob wearing a scarf while sitting on the
musician’s shoulder, or keeping him company while he played the guitar, began to go viral all over the
world.
Eventually, the news found out about the pair and did a story for the magazine Islington Tribune. It
was not long after that when a book agent appeared in their lives and gave them a chance to tell their
story.
By then, Bowen, who had managed to get away from drugs, wrote a novel called A Street Cat
Named Bob. He relates in great detail how meeting the cat changed him.
The book soon sold more than six million copies and even spread beyond the borders of the United
Kingdom. In fact, it was translated into thirty languages.
Through all of these changing circumstances, Bob has always been with Bowen — on his shoulder.
You can’t make up a story like this. But life always gives opportunities to those who know how to get
hold of them. So if you are ever in a position where a cat has chosen you, don’t ignore it. You can’t
imagine all the good that life may have in store if you decide to accept the proposal.
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4. Why did James Bowen keep the cat?
A. The cat would help him get away from drugs.
C. The cat was a lovely performer.
B. The cat could keep him company.
D. The cat needed to be taken care of.
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5. What does the underlined word “relates” in paragraph 6 mean?
A. connects. B. identifies. C. narrates.
D. concerns.
6. What do we know about A Street Cat Named Bob?
A. It was a huge success.
B. It was written by a book agent.
C. It helped Bowen stop taking drugs.
7. What can we infer about Bowen and Bob?
A. They have traveled all over the world.
C. They healed and saved each other.
D. It was first published in a magazine.
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B. They are struggling for survival.
D. They no longer perform on the street.
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Most of the new diseases we humans have faced in the past several decades have come from
animals. The more we come into contact with wild animals, the more we risk a so-called disease
spillover” from animals to humans.
As people move and wildlife move in response to a changing environment, humans and wildlife
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and animals will come in contact more regularly,” said Jeanne Fair from the Los Alamos National
Laboratory in New Mexico. Fair argues that by shifting animal habitats, climate change will also make
the opportunities for disease spillover more frequent. “Everything is sort of shifting and will shift into the
future as the environment changes through climate change,” Fair said.
Scientists, including climatologists and epidemiologists on Fair’s team at Los Alamos, are beginning
to model how changes to the climate will impact the spread of infectious diseases. It’s early days for this
kind of research, but previous studies suggest that extreme weather has already played a role in at least
one outbreak. Scientists say drought and deforestation have combined to force bats out of rainforests and
into orchards in Malaysia to find food. Those bats, a common disease reservoir, then passed the Nipah
virus through pigs to humans for the first time in the late 1990s.
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We’re going by the past data to really predict what’s going to happen in the future,” Fair said, “And
so, anytime you increase that wildlife-human interface, that’s sort of an emerging disease hot spot. And
so, that’s just increasing as we go forward.”
Jeffrey Shaman, head of the climate and health program at Columbia University’s public health
school, argues we don’t yet know whether climate change will cause a net increase in infectious disease
rates globally. For example, mosquitos carry disease that affects millions of people across the world
every year. As their habitats expand in some parts of the world, they might contract diseases elsewhere.
Shaman says what we know for certain about climate change is that it will make it harder to predict
where disease outbreaks will pop up.
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8. How does climate change affect the spread of disease according to Fair?
A. By breaking animals’ habits.
B. By increasing animals’ varieties.
D. By changing animals’ living environment.
C. By promoting animals’ breeding.
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9.What is the example of bats for in paragraph 3?
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A.Explaining the influence of Nipah virus.
B. Proving the harm of bats to human beings.
C. Showing the effects of climate change on disease.
D.Presenting scientists’ early study about the cause of disease.
0. What can we infer from Fair’s words in paragraph 4?
A. Humans should give up studying animals.
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B. Past data can solve the problems in the future.
C. Disease hot spots will disappear if animals die out.
D. Frequent contact with animals can cause disease outbreaks.
1. What could be the best title for the text?
A. Climate Change and Disease Spillover
B.Animals’ Interaction with Humans
D. Early Studies about Extreme Weather
C. Scientists’ Prediction for Disease Outbreaks
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There have been many problems with our schools today, the biggest of which is closely related to
our culture. In general, our culture, as represented in the media, gets excited by famous stars, and
constantly stresses that it’s what you have, not what you are, that counts. Parents are encouraged to be
away from even very small children for most of the day. Too many voters go for politicians who would
rather cut school funding than to get rid of tax cuts for the wealthy. All contribute greatly to the problems
of educating our children.
Today’s teachers have to deal with a culture that is vastly different than in the past. They report that
there is, among more children than ever, a lack of motivation, no drive to succeed or even try. The role
models that boys view in the media mostly consist of men in comedies and other shows who are rude and
often extremely immature; self-centered overpaid athletes; men in movies, television dramas, video
games, etc. who are preoccupied with violence and power. As Leonard Sax wrote in Boys Adrift,
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Teenage boys are looking for models of mature adulthood, but we no longer make any collective effort
to provide such models.” Girls are attacked not only with such annoying images of males, but also with
women who are preoccupied with appearance and are extremely materialistic.
In such a cultural environment, it is more important than ever to have responsible, loving and caring
parents who have enough time and motivation to devote to their children and see to it as their duty to
model for them and raise them with high standards of honesty and responsibility along with tending to
their physical needs. They need to care enough to see that their children are not attacked with the garbage
that comes from movie, television and computer screens. In today’s culture, they are basically alone in
this effort since, unfortunately, so much is working against them.
Until we, as a culture, face the truth about ourselves — that we are not providing adequately for a
great many of our children — the storm will continue to sweep over our education system.
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2. How is paragraph 1 mainly developed?
A. By analyzing causes.
B. By showing differences.
D. By using time order.
C. By describing a process.
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3. What does today’s culture probably bring to the children?
A. Narrow access to entertainment.
C. Few materialistic models.
B. Little desire for success.
D. Poor understanding abilities.
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4. According to the text, in today’s culture parents need to ______
A. devote more to their children
B. find honest models for their children
D. help their children develop motivation
C. keep their children away from computers
5. What is the author’s attitude towards today’s culture?
A. Positive. B. Dissatisfied. C. Uncertain.
第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5 分）
D. Approving
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Are you a social media addict? Are you always checking your smartphone to see how many “likes”
you’ve received for your latest post?
day. Around 30% of the total time spent online is dedicated to social media. The occasional post on
Twitter or a few minutes scrolling through our Facebook feed can be a relaxing addition to our day. 37
This is something particularly making young adults painful, according to a study from the
University of Pittsburgh. 38 In tests, those people who check social media frequently are 2.7 times
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Most of us check our phones an average of 150 times a
more likely to be depressed compared to those who spend most of their time generally surfing the
Internet, who have just 1. 7 times the risk.
Some of us certainly feel sad when we’re ignored on social media sites, or when we see someone
else having a better time than us.
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A clinical psychologist, Abigael San, recently told the BBC
that, “It’s a real issue, and it’s been getting significantly worse over the last 5-6 years. You can get so
hooked that it takes you away from your real relationships and you will even feel depressed.” However,
Abigael does admit that social media is more likely to make pre-existing issues worse than directly cause
them.
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Well, I suppose we all want to be liked and we don’t want to miss out on a conversation
that’s taking place online. But we need to know when to switch off our virtual onl