1792004029云南省玉溪一中高三第一次月考英語試題及答案

1、玉溪一中高2016屆高三年級英語月測1命題人：金家雄、羅茜本試卷分第一卷(選擇題)和第二卷(非選擇題)兩部分。第一卷第1頁至第10頁。第二卷第11頁至第12頁。滿分150分，考試時間120分鐘。第i卷 選擇題（三部分，共100分）第一部分：聽力理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題。從題中所給的a、b、c三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。1. what is the woman going to do? a. leave ear

2、ly. b. make a speech. c. join the discussion.2. which color shirt will the man buy? a. red. b. green. c. white.3. what is the probable relationship between the speakers? a. strangers. b. neighbors. c. co-workers.4. what do you know about the man? a. hes going to mexico. b. hes worried about the food

3、. c. hes been to the hotel before.5. what will the woman probably do for the man? a. clean the house. b. carry the boxes. c. cook the dishes.第二節(jié)（共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）聽下面5段對話或獨白，每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個選項中選出最佳選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的做答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。聽下面一段材料，回答第6至7題

4、。6. what does harris probably want to do with olivia? a. have lunch. b. watch a movie. c. go to her office.7. when will harris and olivia meet? a. at 6:50. b. at 7:10. c. at 10:00.聽下面一段材料，回答第8至10題。8. what does the woman like about the armchair? a. its size. b. its color. c. its design.9. what do we

5、know about the speakers armchair at home? a. it is badly broken. b. it is heavy looking. c. it is brown in color.10. what will the speakers probably do about the armchair? a. wait for a sale. b. buy it right away. c. ask for a cheaper price.聽下面一段材料，回答第11至12題。11. where does the woman live? a. edinbur

6、gh. b. london. c. york.12. where are the speakers? a. at the mans home. b. in the mans office. c. at the railway station.聽下面一段材料，回答第13至16題。13. what are the speakers mainly talking about? a. doing research. b. looking for a job. c. choosing a college major.14. where will the man probably find informa

7、tion on incomes? a. from the woman. b. on the internet. c. at the library.15. why does the man want to get a well-paid job? a. he wants to learn dancing. b. he wants to travel around. c. he wants to help the poor.16. what is the womans attitude toward the man? a. supportive. b. impatient. c. critica

8、l.聽下面一段獨白，回答第17至20題。17. what is londons west end? a. a street full of buses and cars. b. a well-known shopping area. c. a famous department store.18. when will people light the christmas tree on trafalgar square? a. on 6 december. b. on 10 december. c. on 23 december.19. how do people in london cele

9、brate the beginning of the new year? a. by setting off fireworks. b. by singing christmas songs. c. by watching the parade on tv.20. what is the purpose of this speech? a. introduce the best shopping district in london. b. encourage people to buy the christmas trees. c. welcome people to visit londo

10、n in december.第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分 ）第1節(jié) （共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的a、b、c和d項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。asam allred suffers from a rare and incurable kidney (腎臟) disease. one day, when his sister was playing a song repeatedly, sam sang along. his sister thought it was funny so she recorded it and posted

11、 the video online. the video and sam became a hit. only 8 years old at the time, he couldnt have expected the response. “(the television show) the doctors called and wanted me on their show so they paid for me to go to california,” says sam, now 13, “and we got to stay in a hotel where all the movie

12、 stars stayed.” during that visit to california, angie allred, sams mother, had an idea about sam writing a childrens book. together, she and sam wrote opening hearts, which tells sams experience of living with a chronic (慢性的) illness. “i wrote the book to teach people to be kinder to people,” sam s

13、ays. moreover, sam wanted to send pillows to sick children staying in hospitals around the country to make their stay more comfortable, an idea that came from a time when he was in the hospital. “a few kind boys came in with pillows and they gave me one and it meant a lot to me that someone cared ab

14、out kids in the hospital,” says sam. angie thought of starting a nonprofit organization to provide a way for people to contribute money to realize sams ideas. she named the nonprofit kindness for kids. since then, sam has taken pillows to children staying at providence hospital in anchorage. sams fa

15、ther, scott allred, owns a small business that contracts (承包) shipping services with fedex ground. he asked the company for help.“fedex ground learned about sams pillow project,” says erin truxal, manager of public relations for fedex ground. “we thought, what a perfect way for us to get involved.”

16、the company provided shipping services for sam to ship about 5,000 pillows to hospitals. sam wants to send more pillows to all of the childrens hospitals in every state. his goal is simple: “kids in the hospital as happy as they were before they got sick,” he says. 21. we can learn from the text tha

17、t sam allred _.a. was a healthy boy b. was popular at an early agec. sang the song with his sister d. worked in his fathers company22. opening hearts is a book that _.a. is a best seller b. is about sams sisterc. was published when sam was 13 d. was written by sam and his mother23. what is fedex gro

18、unds attitude towards sams career?a. doubtful. b. surprised. c. approving. d. uninterested.24. which of the following can best describe sam allred?a. optimistic and warm-hearted. b. honest and responsible.c. unusual and confident. d. friendly and brave.bcensus bureau (人口普查局) data released thursday s

19、how that 48 of the 50 most populous (人口稠密的) u.s. cities have grown since 2010, compared with only 40 of the top 50 in the first two years after the 2000 census. of the top 100, 93 have grown since 2010, compared with just 72 a decade ago. many of the biggest, such as new york, houston, phoenix, san

20、antonio, san diego and dallas, are outpacing the nations 1.7% growth rate since 2010.“urban america is recovering faster than more remote places,” said robert lang, a professor of urban affairs.only two big cities - detroit and cleveland - lost population between 2010 and 2012. the urban recovery is

21、 led by mid-sized cities including austin and fort worth and charlotte. austin grew 6.6% in two years, becoming the usas 11th-largest city. in 2000, it was no. 17. other trends: new york city grew 2%, adding about 161,500 people since 2010. by far it is the usas most populous city. the population of

22、 new orleans continues to grow. in 2005 a terrible natural disaster happened to the city, causing the population to decrease. now it has a population of three hundred and sixty-nine thousand. the number has grown by 7.4% since 2010. government budget crunches (緊縮) have put state capitals in difficul

23、ty. half are behind the growth rate of their regions.perhaps the biggest exception to the capital crunch is austin. it has grown more than 26% since 2000. population expert william frey says austin enjoys a number of qualities that make it attractive. its a high-tech city with a state university. an

24、d its in texas, an attractive place for newcomers. “in some ways its a model of what other cities would like to become,” he says. frey notes that charlotte, which grew 5.4% since 2010 has grown into a high-tech and financial center whose industries do business not just with those in other u.s. citie

25、s but with the rest of the world.25. the statistics in paragraph 1 suggest that _.a. there were fewer cities in the usa a decade agob. remote areas in the usa have more people nowc. the population in the usa has grown since 2010d. many big cities in the usa face population problems26. william frey t

26、hinks austins growth _.a. is due to its education b. is the steadiest in the usac. attracts well-educated people d. deserves the attention of other cities27. according to the text, charlotte _.a. is a political center b. has grown slowly since 2010c. is the usas 11th-largest city d. does business at

27、 home and abroadc gabriela mistral was born on april 6, 1889, at vicua, a small town in northern chile. her parents were schoolteachers, but her father abandoned the family when she was 3. taught by her mother, she began instructing in 1904, achieving success in many high schools. in 1909, her first

28、 love died. shortly afterward her second love married someone else. in 1922 the mexican minister of education, jos vasconcelos, invited her to assist in his reform program, and the peak of this career came the following year, when she was awarded the chilean title “teacher of the nation”. in 1925 sh

29、e retired but remained active.gabriela mistral devoted much time to diplomatic (外交的) activity, serving as honorary consul (名譽(yù)領(lǐng)事) in madrid, lisbon, nice, and los angeles. she also served as a representative to the united nations. in fulfillment of these responsibilities, she visited nearly every maj

30、or country in europe and latin america. she also continued her early literary pursuits.in 1922 gabriela mistrals first book, desolation, a collection of poems previously published in newspapers and magazines, was released through the efforts of federico de ons, director of the hispanic institute of

31、new york. it reflected personal sorrow.two years later her second book, tenderness, appeared; it contained some of the poems from desolation and several new ones. fourteen years passed before the next, felling, appeared. it was much happier in tone.her last book, wine press, in 1954, dealt with most

32、 of the subjects previously treated but in a different manner. the winning of the nobel prize for literature in 1945 did not assuage (減輕) the loss of her nephew. furthermore, by 1944 she had developed diabetes (糖尿病).gabriela mistral went to the united states for medical aid in 1946, living in variou

33、s places and, after her appointment to the united nations, moving to long island. it was there that she died of cancer on jan. 10, 1957.28. according to paragraph 1, gabriela mistral _.a. had a short happy marriage b. was born in a poor familyc. was a devoted teacher d. had a beloved father29. the s

34、econd paragraph is mainly about gabriela mistrals _.a. retired life b. achievementsc. works of literature d. diplomatic activity30. the theme of gabriela mistrals early works is _.a. death b. happinessc. teaching life d. personal suffering31. which of the following is the correct order to describe g

35、abriela mistrals life according to the text?a. she retired.b. she developed diabetes.c. she published her first book.d. she began instructing in school.e. she won the nobel prize for literature.a. e-d-c-b-a b. d-c-a-b-e c. d-a-b-e-c d. e-c-b-d-ada new pollen (花粉) study showed that drought was respon

36、sible for the extinction of civilizations more than 3,000 years ago during the bronze age.the reason behind why the civilizations in and around modern-day israel suddenly broke down more than 3,000 years ago has remained a mystery up until now. a new pollen study by tel aviv university researchers f

37、inally solved this bronze age mystery.prof. israel finkelstein showed that owing to serious climate changes, the entire world of the bronze age crumbled in a short period of time. the discovery was made on the basis of a high-resolution analysis of pollen grains taken from sediments (沉淀物) beneath th

38、e sea of galilee and the western shore of the dead sea. prof. finkelstein received support from the european research council to conduct research aimed at reconstructing ancient israel. researchers of the part of the project that dealt with climate change extracted (提取) about 60 feet of samples of g

39、ray muddy sediment from the center of the sea of galilee in northern israel. they had to drill through 1,000 feet of water and into 65 feet of the lake bed and were able to recover evidence dating over the past 9,000 years.“pollen is the most enduring organic material in nature,” explained dr. dafna

40、 langgut, a pollen researcher who carried out the actual work of sampling. “these grains tell us about the plants that grew near the lake in the past and therefore prove the climatic conditions in the region.”researchers noted a sharp decrease in mediterranean trees like oaks and pines in the late b

41、ronze age. according to study experts, this could be because of repeated periods of drought. the droughts may have resulted in long famines, forcing people to migrate from north to south.32. the underlined word “crumbled” in paragraph 3 means _.a. settled b. changed c. established d. disappeared33.

42、prof. finkelstein conducted the new pollen study to _.a. earn some money b. recreate ancient israelc. learn more about local plants d. discover the ancient civilizations34. by conducting the study, scientists found _.a. mediterranean trees were rare in the early bronze ageb. climate change was to bl

43、ame for the lost civilizationc. people in the late bronze age starved to deathd. droughts were rare during the bronze age35. the text is most probably taken from _.a. a travel magazine b. a history textbookc. a newspaper report d. an agricultural book第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項

44、。選項中的兩項為多余選項。coffee is one of the most popular drinks around the world. 36 experts claim that there are more flavors of coffee than there are of wine. coffee contains caffeine, an element (成分) that raises our awareness, keeps us from falling asleep or simply gives us a kick in the morning or after l

45、unch.37 for a long time doctors have told people not to drink too much coffee, because it may lead to heart problems, high blood pressure, insomnia (失眠) and headaches.scientists have now found out that it is the quality of coffee and the way it is brewed (沖泡) that holds the key to our health. 38 amo

46、ng other things, this is linked to the consumption of a strong brew of coffee. experts also point out that different roasts and types of coffee beans have different effects on our health. a new study by a harvard research group says that there is no link between coffee and health problems. 39 doctor

47、s, however, warn against drinking too much coffee, as it can lead to stomach problems.coffee has many advantages, as the new study suggests. while alcohol makes people sleepy and slow-moving, coffee gives them energy. 40 although a lot still needs to be uncovered about coffee, it seems to reduce the

48、 risk of cancer and diabetes. reports show that people who drink coffee may develop parkinsons disease later in life, or maybe not at all. a. there are many different types of coffee.b. scientists ask people not to drink coffee at night.c. elderly people in greece live longer than normal.d. but expe

49、rts are still undecided on how healthy coffee is.e. sugar can change the different levels of caffeine in a cup of coffee.f. drinking several cups of coffee a day is not connected with heart diseases.g. getting together for a cup of coffee also has a positive effect on relationships.第三部分 英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿

50、分45分）第一節(jié) 完形填空 (共20小題，每小題1.5分, 共30分) 通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的a、b、c、d四個選項中，選出一個最佳答案。a little boy wanted to meet god. he thought it was a long trip to where god lived, 41 he packed his suitcase with lots of food and drinks and he started his 42.when he had gone about three blocks, he 43an elderly man. the

51、 boy sat down next to him and 44 his suitcase. he was about to take a drink when he noticed that the man looked 45 , so he offered him a drink.the man 46 it and smiled at the boy. his smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he 47 him another one.the man 48 smiled at him. they s

52、at there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.as it grew dark, the boy 49 it was time to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he 50 , ran back to the man, and gave him a hug. the man 51 him his biggest smile ever.when the boy 52 home a short time later, his mo

53、ther was surprised by the look of 53 on his face. she asked him what made him so happy.he replied, “i had lunch with god, and gods got the most beautiful 54 ive ever seen!”meanwhile, the elderly man returned to his home. his son was55 by the look of joy on his face and asked him the 56 question as t

54、he little boys mother. the elderly man replied, “i ate and drank in the park with god.” however, he _57 , before his son responded, “you know, hes much 58 than i expected.”too often we underestimate the 59 of a touch, a smile, a kind word, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. we should treat the people we meet 60 ; they come into our lives for a reason. embrace all equally!41. a. if b. so c. but d. or42. a. work b. study c. journey d. exploration43.