【英语】四川省达州市大竹县文星中学2016届高三12月月考

四川省大竹县文星中学2016届高三12月月考英语试题第I卷（选择题）一、单项选择1．It is generally believed that communication skills are becoming ______ it takes to be a good doctor.A. whetherB. thatC. howD. What2．He stood at the window, thinking where he his camera last.A. sawB. has seenC. had seenD. would see3．Mr. Black, as well as the professor who________ from Beijing University, ________ to attend our school meeting.A. come; isB. comes; areC. comes; isD. come; are4．The disease is so terrible that it made Jack’s life difficult, one problem leading to . A. the other B. others C. another D. the others5．I feel that one of my main duties a teacher is to help the students to become better learners.A. forB. likeC. asD. with6．A new study suggests that yelling at children may have consequences that go beyond of beating them.A. onesB. theseC. thoseD. that7．Take care! Accidents _________ happen along this part of the road.A. willB. wouldC. mustD. Shall8．The world has lost one of its most respected statesmen (政治家) —Nelson Mandela,______once said, “I learned that courage was not the _______ of fear, but the triumph over it.”A. who; absence B. whom; presence C. that; absence D. whom; present9．It makes no difference you connect to the company server from the next room or the next country.A. thatB. whichC. whenD. whether10．The electronic red-packet has been so ______ that AliPay and Tencent Wechat compete against each other openly and secretly since the beginning of this year.A. popularB. convenientC. favorableD. arbitrary11．The manager’s confident words have our doubts about how the plan will be carried out.A. gotten upB. taken upC. cleared upD. given up12．In an economy income per head used to rise by barely 1% a year, current growth rates feel like a miracle.A. whenB. whoseC. thatD. where13．— Oh, my God，I left my portable computer in the taxi!—______. Let’s call the taxi company first．A. Pray for itB. Cheer upC. Forget itD. Calm down14．As a famous public figure, you have a duty to _______ yourself, especially in public places.A. focusB. behaveC. guideD. operate 15．"Talking with others in the real world always me embarrassed and my heart beats quickly. I never dare to look in anyone’s eyes when ," the 22-year-old said, describing her anxiety.A. make; speakingB. makes; speakingC. makes; speakD. make; speak二、完形填空Imagine waking up in a hospital bed. And the entire left side of your body is n’t movable. This was the 16I found myself in after my crash. I 17so severely for my head and neck were twisted to one side and stuck in that disturbing 18.The prognosis(预断)for my 19was not good. The doctor told my family,“I 20to say this, but he’ll be lucky to survive the next 48 hours. ”21as my family was at the news, the one thing that had been holding them together was the 22that with the proper medical treatment, I could recover. The doctor’s prognosis hit them like a hammer, 23any hope. The 24that I might die touched each of them deeply.For the next two days, my parents kept waiting outside my room. They could 25eat or sleep. The doctor’s prognosis 26heavily on their hearts. Yet with each passing hour they become slightly more hopeful that my chances of 27were a little bit better.With the 2848 hours passing, although I was once 29to the limit of my life, I30 to quit my life, so they felt somewhat 31. Maybe the doctor had made a(n) 32. After all, doctors aren’t necessarily right. Bit by bit, hope began to return to them. 33, they still had no idea what the future held for me.My survival surprised everyone. It would not have been 34if not for my determination not to quit my life. 35will always happen around you as long as you don’t give up.16．A. despair B. situation C. place D. pain17．A. choked B. trembled C. enjoyed D. suffered18．A. position B. action C. behavior D. height19．A. spirit B. disability C. recovery D. treatment20．A. regret B. decide C. tend D. wish21．A. Impatient B. Angry C. Confused D. Upset22．A. desire B. intention C. hope D. lie23．A. offering B. destroying C. raising D. abandoning24．A. exception B. choice C. fact D. acceptance25．A. barely B. gradually C. hopelessly D. slightly26．A. reacted B. weighed C. froze D. expanded27．A. promotion B. escape C. improvementD. survival28．A. convincing B. disappointing C. exciting D. frightening29．A. directed B. pushed C. ordered D. guided30．A. refused B. pretended C. struggled D. attempted31．A. confident B. satisfied C. relieved D. stressful32．A. joke B. guess C. apology D. mistake33．A. However B. Therefore C. Instead D. Besides34．A. alarming B. possible C. reasonable D. pessimistic35．A. Accidents B. Coincidences C. Miracles D. Successes三、阅读理解：共20题每题2分共40分Anyone can try to lead a group, but not every individual is cut out for leadership. The better leaders possess a few qualities that can mean the difference between the success and failure of the group. These are the qualities the leader of higher rank will look for when choosing a leader for a group, or when evaluating the performance of a leader. They're also the qualities team members want in a group leader, and appreciate when they find them.Take ResponsibilityGroup leaders might share tasks around a group as necessary, but eventually a group leader needs to be able to accept that responsibility lies on her shoulders. That means that if things go wrong in a group project, she's the one who must accept the consequences and work out what mistakes were made. The group leader won't always have the power to control everything group members do, but she should be ready to admit any mistakes the group has made as a result of her leadership. Concern for MembersThe group leader has a commitment to the task or project at hand, but perhaps more importantly, he has a real concern for each and every person who is part of his group. This means getting to know the strengths, weaknesses and goals of team members, as well as making time to build the group through collective activities. The group leader should make sure that everyone is included, even if an individual is new to a group.Good ListenerThe group leader needs to be able to listen to the suggestions, complaints (抱怨) and ideas of group members. Not only will this allow complaints to be addressed and potentially suitable ideas to be put into practice, but a leader who listens will also encourage group members to share their concerns and thoughts, creating an atmosphere of free speech and productivity.36．The passage is mainly about____________.A.choosing a good leader for a group.B.assessing the performance of a leader.C.qualities of a good group leader.D.team members’ appreciation of a leader.37．A good leader should always be able to_______.A. tell when things go wrong in a group project.B. control everything group members do.C. make group members admit their mistakes.D. recognize any mistakes as his own.38．According to“Concerns for members”, which of the following is a good quality of a leader?A. fairB. reliableC. determinedD. generous39．Which of the following is not the benefit of being a good listener?A. Offer a chance for group members to express themselves freely.B. Allow the leader to put all his ideas into practice easily.C. Make it possible to deal with group members’ complaints.D. Make group members productive by sharing their thoughts.In her new book, “The Smartest Kids in the World,” A manda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of Tom, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Warsaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the countr y raised students’ test scores from significantly below average to well above it. Polish kids have now outscored(超过……分数) American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Warsaw is that the latter has no football team, or, for that matter, teams of any kind. Those American High Schools lavish more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. This is not a matter of how any given student who plays sports does in school, but of the culture and its priorities. This December, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) result s are announced, it’s safe to predict that American high-school students will once again display their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like South Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers.Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D.C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leader—a mother with three children in the school—was asked about the school’s flaws(暇疵). When she said that the math program was weak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really?” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean?”One of the ironies (讽刺) of the situation is that sports reveal what is possible. American kids’ performance on the field shows just how well they can do when expectations are high. It’s too bad that their test scores show the same thing.40．Tom decides to spend his senior year in Poland because _______.A. there are striking differences between the 2 countriesB. Polish kids are better at learningC. sports are not supported at schools in GettysburgD. he intends to improve his scores41．According to Paragraph 2, we know that _______.A. too much importance is placed on sports in AmericaB. little time is spent on sports in Japanese schoolsC. American high schools complain about sports timeD. PISA plays a very important role in America42．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means _______.A. American students’ academic performance worries their parents a lotB. high expectations push up American students’ academic performanceC. low expectations result in American students’ poor PISA performanceD. la cking practice contributes to American students’ average performance43．The purpose of this article is to _______.A. draw public attention to a weakness in American school traditionB. call on American schools to learn from the Polish modelC. compare Polish schools with those in AmericaD. explain what is wrong with American schools and provide solutionsLoch Ness, the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, is twenty four miles long and, at one point, one mile wide. It has an average depth of four hundred and fifty feet and at times drops close to a thousand. It is cold and murky(浑浊的), with dangerous currents. In short, it is the perfect place to hide a monster from even the sharpest eyes of science.The Loch Ness Monster, also called Nessie, is supposedly living in this area. The earliest recorded sighting of the Loch Ness Monster was in the biography of Life of St. Columba by Adamnan in the year AD 565. The monster apparently attacked a man who was swimming in the River Ness. The monster didn’t make headlines again until August 27, 1930, when 3 fishermen reported seeing a creature with 20 feet long approaching their boat, throwing water in the air. In 1933, after a new road was built along the edge of the Loch, the number of reports rose suddenly. Early in 1934, Author Grant, a young student, was out on his motorcycle one evening when he almost ran into the monster as it crossed the road. Grant’s description of the thing — small head, long thin neck and tail with a big body, seemed to match the appearance of the plesiosaur(蛇颈龙), an aquatic(水生的) type of dinosaur that has been extinct(已灭绝的)for 65 million years.The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau was formed in 1962 to act as a research organization for information about the creature. Even now, efforts have continued to find the monster. A great deal of information was discovered about the Loch, but they haven’t yet to produce any specific evidence of a monster.Skeptics(怀疑论者) argue that the water in the Loch is too cold for a plesiosaur to live in. They also argue that an air-breathing animal, like a whale or seal, would spend much more time on the surface than the creature seems to, and would be spotted more often.Some scientists have wondered if the sightings might be caused by an underwater wave which is known to sometimes occur in deep, long, and cold lakes, like Loch Ness. Such a wave might push debris(废弃物)to the surface that might look like a strange animal.However, none of these is identified.44．According to the skeptics, which of the following is TRUE?A. It is impossible for a monster to live in cold water.B. The Loch Ness Monster often stays under the water.C. The Loch Ness Monster is an air-breathing animal.D. There is no so-called monster in Loch Ness.45．The purpose of setting up the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau is to .A. research the plesiosaur in the Loch NessB. protect the Nessie in the lakeC. collect some information about the NessieD. catch the Loch Ness Monster46．Which of the following is the correct order for the things that happened in the passage?a. A young student met with a monster crossing the road.b. A swimmer was attacked by a monster in Loch Ness.c. A new road was built along the edge of the Loch.d. The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau was set up.e. Three fishermen saw a creature swimming towards their boat.A.b, e, c, a, dB.a,b, e, d, cC.b, d, a, c, eD.d, c, e, b, a47．We can infer from the passage that .A. Nessie is an aquatic type of dinosaurB. Nessie has a 20-foot-long bodyC. Nessie is an underwater waveD. Nessie is still a mystery48．What does this passage mainly talk about?A. The natural scenery of Loch Ness.B. The Nessie.C. Skeptics’ opinions on Loch Ness Monster.D. The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau’s research results.Wikipedia is a free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia(百科全书), supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikipedia Foundation. Wikipedia is ranked among the ten most popular websites and is considered the Internet’s largest and most popular g eneral reference book. Now, Wikipedia is becoming Wookiepedia as scientists hope the informative website will help us reach out to intelligent life forms. So aliens can learn about the human race.Astronomers would like to beam (播送) the entire contents of Wikipedia into space in the hope of contacting aliens. They want to send messages to hundreds of star systems and planets 20 light years away using radio telescopes. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, in California, wants to use powerful radio telescopes to try to reach Chewbacca and his mates in a galaxy(银河系)far away.The plans will be discussed by astronomers at the weekend as some scientists fear the reply from ET might not turn out to be friendly. Institute scientist David Black sai d, “One question is if there are dangerous creatures we might be drawing their attention to ourselves. Another is if we go ahead, what message should be sent? There could be many civilizations out there，but if they are all listening and no one is broadcast ing or responding, then nothing will happen.”Professor Stephen Hawking, who has warned that intelligent aliens probably exist and we should keep a safe distance from them, is among those. “If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus lan ded in America which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans,” he said. Signals from Earth’s radio and TV broadcasts have been heading out in space for some 60 years reaching around 5,000 stars.49．What does the underlined word those in the fourth paragraph refer to?A. aliens from spaceB. astronomers sending signalsC. scientists for the plansD. scientists against the plans50．What has Prof. Stephen Hawking warned?A. intelligent aliens would probably land in America.B. the plans will be in vain and nothing will happen.C. none of the civilizations would reply.D. aliens would bring disasters to the human race.51．Which can be the best title?A. Wikipedia, the most popular websiteB. Wikipedia to be beamed into spaceC. Wikipedia, aliens’ best friendD. Wikipedia to result in a disasterA great loss—Shirley Temple dies at 85February 12, 2014NG, Associated PressShirley Temple Black, who died on February 10th at age 85, wasn’t just a child star. She was THE child star—the sweet little girl whose shining smile helped illumine some of the darkest days the US has known during the Great Depression.It’s hard today to imagine the super star Shirley was once “America’s Little Darling”. She sang and danced her way to the top of the box office in such films as BrightEyes, CurlyTop and Heidi. By 1940, she had appeared in 43 films. Temple teamed with Bill Robison in four movies, and their dance on the stairs in TheLittleColonel is still a legendary film moment.In the 1930s, her name on a movie introduction assured(保证) a packed house. She inspired dolls, dresses, dishes—even a drink (alcohol-free, of course).US President Franklin D. Roosevelt once famously said that “as long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right.’’Unlike so many of today’s child stars, Temple didn’t end up with her name appearing across the headlines for bad behaviors. Instead of getting her photos on front pages or struggling with drugs and alcohol, Temple went on to a second career in diplomacy (外交), including presidential appointments as ambassador to Ghana.She surprised a lot of people who doubted her with her grace, knowledge and eagerness to serve. In fact, her career in public service (20 years) was longer than her career in movies (19). The role she valued most, however, was as wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.The world has lost a treasured Hollywood legend. But her movies will allow that little dynamic figure to continue charming audiences for a very long time.52．The word “illumine” in Paragraph 1 means _______.Shorten B. Sweeten C. strengthen D. brighten53．Temple, as a child movie star, can best be described as _______.A.sweet and livelyB.gentle and kindC.smart and knowledgeableD.shy and attractive54．What part did she regard as the most important in her life?A.A top movie star.B.A businesswoman.C.Her family role.D.Her diplomacy career. 55．Where does this passage possibly come from?。