高三英语上学期第四次月考(12月)试题

淮南二中2017届高三年级第四次月考

英语试题

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第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案

转涂到答题卡上。

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。

1.What will Jack do this weekend?

A. Go for a picnic

B. Make some plans.

C. Work on his paper.

2.What’s the woman's favorite sport?

A. Basketball.

B. Tennis.

C. Baseball.

3.What is the weather like now?

A. Rainy.

B. Cloudy.

C. Windy.

4.What are the speakers talking about？

A. Public transportation.

B. Ways to get to school.

C. Advantages of riding a bike.

5.What was the woman's problem?

A. She got on the wrong train.

B. She got into the wrong carriage.

C. She lost her train ticket.

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，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, 7题。

6.What does the man want to do?

A. Buy a T-shirt.

B. Exchange a T-shirt.

C. Return a T-shirt.

7.What's wrong with the T-shirt?

A. It has a hole in the collar.

B. It’s not a good match.

C. It’s the wrong color.

听第7段材料，回答第8, 9题。

8.Why is the woman going to the library?

A. To return some books.

B. To prepare for the exams.

C. To borrow magazines and newspapers.

9.What are the speakers going to do in the afternoon?

A. Go swimming.

B. Read in the library.

C. Attend a chemistry class. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.What did the woman do at the weekend?

A. She hung out with her friends.

B. She attended a board meeting.

C. She prepared a report for a meeting.

11.Why is the woman so tired?

A. Because she has overworked for half a month.

B. Because she has got a serious sleep problem.

C. Because she stayed up all night yesterday.

12.What does the man advise the woman to do?

A. Ask the boss for an extension.

B. Put off the board meeting.

C. Stick to the scheduled time.

听第 9段材料,回答第 13至 16题。

13.When is the woman leaving for Hawaii?

A. In two weeks.

B. Next Wednesday.

C. In early November.

14.How long will the woman stay there?

A. Two days.

B. Twelve days.

C. Fourteen days.

15.What festival falls on the day when the woman arrives?

A. Christmas.

B. Thanksgiving.

C. New Year's Day.

16.Which of the following will the woman probably take as a gift?

A. French wine.

B. Italian cheese.

C. Chinese tea.

听第 10段材料,回答第 17至 20题。

17.Where does the speaker work?

A. At a healthcare center.

B. At a nursing home.

C. At a local hospital.

18.What's the purpose of the lecture?

A. To draw people's attention to hand washing.

B. To introduce the Global Hand Washing Day.

C. To tell people to prevent some common illnesses.

19.How many seconds should we spend washing our hands at least?

A. Two.

B. Twelve.

C. Twenty.

20.What does the speaker suggest finally?

A. Exercising our fingers gently.

B. Making our hands dry in time.

C. Using some hand cream of good quality.

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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

As a leading Chinese language school and a cultural exchange institu te in China, Global Exchange Education Center has been providing Mandarin (or Putonghua) language courses and cultural exchange programs for over a decade.

How to apply for our programs

■In order to apply for all of our programs, you must be

at least 18 years old.

in good health,

a senior high school graduate.

■Application Procedure for Chinese Language Programs

Step 1. Send us a completed application form by email or fax.

Step 2. Send us $ 60 application fee after receiving our email confirmation.

Step 3. Arrange the payment transfer.

Step 4. Plan the trip to Beijing.

■Application Pr ocedure for Chinese Business Internship (实习）Program

Step 1. Send us a completed application form with your CV and personal statement for the program by email or fax.

Step 2. Send us $ 310, including $60 application fee and $ 250 internship placeme nt deposit, after receiving our letter of acceptance for the program.

Step 3. Arrange final payment transfer after receiving our second confirmation.

Step 4. Plan the trip to Beijing.

■Personal Statement for applicants for Chinese Business Internship Program

You should state why you want to take this program and what your expectations of the program are.

How you will make use of this program in your future career.

■ APPLICATION DEADLINES

The applications for most programs are reviewed on a rolling basis. You are encouraged to submit your application ahead of the application deadlines.

■Confirmation

Having received your application, Global Exchange Education Center usually sends out an email confirmation for the booking within 2-5 working days.

21. The text is probably written for ______.

A. junior high graduates

B. international students

C. job seekers

D. language trainers

22. If you want to apply for Chinese Business Internship program successfully, you'll ______.

A. have to get confirmed at least twice

B. send personal statement and CV only

C. send the application form by post

D. have to make a travel plan in Beijing

23. Which of the following is not necessarily included in applicants’ personal statement?

A. Their purposes of taking the program.

B. T heir expectations of the program.

C. Their future practice of the program.

D. Their feedbacks on the program.

B

An old problem is getting new attention in the United States—bullying. Recent cases included the tragic case of a 15-year-old girl whose family moved from Ireland. She hanged herself in Massachusetts in January following months of bullying. Her parents criticized her school for failing to protect her. Officials have brought criminal charges against several teenagers.

Judy Kaczynski is president of an anti-bullying group called Bully Police USA. Her daughter Tina was also the victim of severe bullying starting in middle school in the state of Minnesota. He said, "Our daughter was a very outgoing child. She was involved in all kinds of things and had lots of friends. And over a period of time her grades fell completely. She started having health issues. She couldn't sleep. She wasn't eating. She had terrible stomach pains. She didn't want to go to school."

Bullying is defined as negative behavior repeated over time against the same person. It can involve physical violence, or it can be verbal—for example, insults or threats. Spreading lies about someone or excluding a person from a group is known as social or relational bullying.

And now there is cyberbullying, which uses the Internet, e-mail or text messages. It has easy appeal for the bully because it does not involve face-to-face contact and it can be done at any time. The first serious research studies into bullying were done in Norway in the late 1970s.The latest government study in the United States was released last year. It found that about one third of students aged 12 to 18 were bullied at school.

Susan Swearer is a psychologist at the University of Nebraska Lincoln and co-director of the Bullying Research Network. She says schools should treat bullying as a mental health problem to get bullies and victims the help they need. She says bullying is connected to depression, anxiety and antisocial behavior and bullies are often victims themselves.

24. Which of the following is NOT bullying?

A. To refuse to help someone in need.

B. To call someone names.

C. To isolate someone from friends.

D. To beat someone repeatedly.

25. Why is cyberbullying appealing to the bully?

A. Because it can involve more people.

B. Because it can create worse effects.

C. Because it can avoid cheating.

D. Because it is more convenient.

26. According to Susan Swearer _____.

A. bullies are anti-social

B. bullies should give victims help

C. bullies themselves also need help

D. students are not equally treated

27. Which of the following can be the BEST title of the text?

A. How to Find Bullying among Teens

B. 15-Year-Old Irish Girl Committed Suicide

C. Cyberbullying—Taking off in Schools

D. Bullying-Old Problem Getting New Attention

C

Humans have been keeping animals as pets for tens of thousands of years, but Dr Jean-Loup Rault, an animal scientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, believes new companions are coming: robot pets.

“Technology is moving very fast,” Rault told ABC News, “The Tamagotchi in the early 1990s was really the first robotic pet, and now Sony and other big companies h ave improved them a lot.”

This may not sit well with pet lovers. After all, who would choose a plastic toy over a lovely puppy. But Rault argues that the robotic kind has a lot going for it: “You don’t have to feed it, you don’t have to walk it, it won’t make a mess in your house, and you can go on a holiday without feeling guilty.” The technology also benefits those who are allergic to pets, short on space, or fearful of real animals.

It’s not clear whether robot pets can replace real ones. But studie s do suggest that we can bond with these smart machines. People give their cars names and kids give their toy animals life stories. It’s the same with robots. When Sony stopped its repair service for its robot dog Aibo in March 2014, owners in Japan held funerals.

As an animal welfare researcher, Rault is concerned about how robotic pets could affect our attitudes towards live animals. “If we become used to a robotic companion that doesn’t need food, water or exercises, perhaps it will change how humans care about other living beings,” he said.

So are dogs and cats a thing of the past, as Rault predicts? For those who grew up with living and breathing pets, the mechanical kind might not do. But for our next generation who are in constant touch with smart technology, a future in which lovely pets needn’t have a heartbeat might not be a far-fetched dream.

28. What does the underlined phrase “sit well with” means

A. be refused by

B. be beneficial to

C. make a difference to

D. receive support from

29. What are the advantages of robot pets

a. They are plastic and feel smooth.

b. Owners needn’t worry about them when going out.

c. They can help cure allergies.

d. They save space and costs.

A. ab

B. bc

C. bd

D. cd

30. We can learn from the passage that___________.

A. Sony is the first company to produce robot pets Aibo.

B. People can develop strong bond with their robot pets.

C. Rault thinks robot pets still have a long way to go.

D. Robot toys may help people care more about living beings.

31. The passage mainly tells us___________.

A. the advantages of robot toys

B. the popularity of robot pets

C. living pets are dying out

D. robot pets are coming

D

A study has showed that the brain makes decisions about 10 seconds before a person realizes it.

Experts involved in the study said that looking at brain activity while making a decision, they could predict the choices the subjects would make, before they realized that they had made a decision. Lead researcher John-Dylan Haynes, a neuroscientist (神经学家)at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, said that the new findings called into questions for “consciousness”of decisions that people make, and might even challenge ideas as to how “free” people are to make a decision at a particular moment.

“We think our decisions are conscious, but these data show that consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg,” Nature magazine quoted him as saying. Thinking the results “quite dramatic”, Frank Tong of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, said that 10 seconds is “a lifetime” in terms of brain activity.

During the study, the brains of 14 volunteers were imaged as they performed a decision-making task. The subjects had two buttons before them, each to be operated by a different hand, which they could press when they felt the urge to. They were simultaneously (同时地)shown a stream of letters, which

appeared on a screen at half-second intervals. The volunteers had to remember which letter was showing when they decided to press their button.

Upon analysis of the data, the researchers realized that the earliest signal they could catch started seven seconds before the volunteers reported having made their decision. Given the delay of a few seconds in the imaging, they estimated that the brain activity could have begun about ten seconds before the conscious decision. The researchers showed that the signals were picked up from a region called the frontopolar cortex (脑额极皮层), which is located at the front of the brain, immediately behind the forehead.

While writing about the observations made during the research in his study report, Haynes said that the frontopolar cortex might be the brain region where decisions are started. He also showed that the next step in the research would be to speed up the data analysis so as to enable his team to predict people’s choices as their brains would make them.

32. The passage tells us that ______.

A. we are aware of our whole process of decision-making

B. people don’t make decisions until they realize it

C. experts have no way to tell what decision one will make

D. the decision-making process starts before it is made

33. The underlined word “subjects” in Para. 2 probably refers to ______.

A. the topic of the experts’ research paper

B. the scientific subjects that the experts were studying

C. the things that experts don’t know clearly

D. the volunteers that the experts worked on for their research

34. The underlined sentence “consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg”in Para. 4 means that ______.

A. our decision-making is conscious

B. the data contains a lot of information besides consciousness

C. consciousness is the major part of the data

D. 10 seconds is “a lifetime” in terms of brain activity

35. The final purpose of the research ______.

A. is not stated clearly in the passage

B. is not acknowledged by experts

C. is to show where decision-making starts

D. is to analyze the data picked up

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。

F or over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans. ___36__ Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today. Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.

Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. __37 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York

in 1847. Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business．This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1849, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes.

Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners．At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth. _ 38 _ When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners．These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.

In 1873, Strauss received a lette r from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process

of connecting pockets with copper rivets（铆钉）. This made the pants last a long time. Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree

to pay for the patent. _39_ .

The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.

By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion. ___40___

A. As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States.

B. Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable.

C. He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since.

D. However, he did not get much business for those products.

E. He also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry.

F. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture.

G. As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it.

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完型填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。

When you eat out in a restaurant, it is not unu sual to hear people yelling(叫喊，大喊), “Let me get this one!” Sometimes you can see them 41 or arm wrestling to fight for the 42 for paying the bill. These fights are often very loud and active. Each person 43 shows an honest desire to pick up the bill, and in the end, all the people at the table give the winner praise and 44 .

In fact, figuring out who will get the bill is always a 45 for Chinese people at formal meals. Although the people who 46 the meal are very likely to pay the check, it is a 47 practice to make an effort to pay the bill. But you will 48 them if you do end up actually collecting money.

In recent years, going Dutch(AA制，各付各的账) has been welcomed by many young people. 49 , older generations who fear “losing 50 ” still find it embarrassing and mean to calculate each person’s 51 of the bill.

But these days, 52 digital payment apps(手机支付软件), splitting (分摊) the bill 53 is becoming widely-accepted idea. Even people fro m 54 generations may want to do so. By scanning a code 55 paying their share through WeChat or Alipay on their phones in one easy click, Chinese are 56 it easy to relieve the embarrassment of figuring out eac h person’s payment when they order a meal. This function has made going Dutch less 57 and more fun in China. “Many of us are never without our phones ___58___ they are convenient. And person-to-person mobile payment services are incredibly 59 to use and at the same time save the trouble of 60 change,” said 18-year-old Han Chen, a student from Senior High School.

41. A. talking B. arguing C. carrying D. pushing

42. A. turn B. order C. privilege D. right

43. A. called B. involved C. selected D. invited

44. A. gratitude B. comment C. apology D. courage

45. A. tradition B. headache C. plan D. conflict

46. A. host B. cook C. eat D. enjoy

47. A. unusual B. strange C. common D. unexpected

48. A. disappoint B. frustrate C. inspire D. embarrass

49. A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. Besides

50. A. promise B. money C. face D. credit

51. A. task B. share C. ability D. part

52. A. thanks to B. according to C. as well as D. apart from

53. A. personally B. immediately C. separately D. electronically

54. A. older B. newer C. younger D. later

55. A. or B. but C. and D. for

56. A. hoping B. making C. looking D. finding

57. A. sadness B. excitement C. trouble D. quarrel

58. A. although B. so C. if D. because

59. A. expensive B. easy C. difficult D. complex

60. A. dealing with B. setting aside C. providing with D. putting on

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第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The film Goodbye Mr Loser《夏洛特烦恼》has neither a team of shining stars nor a money-consuming publicity campaign(宣传活动) to appeal to numerous moviegoers. But 61 it does have is a bunch of middle-aged actors and actresses pretending to be high school students. Yet 62 is amazing that the film is funny enough to earn it belly laughs from beginning to end.

The movie, just 63 the title indicates, is about a small fry(不重要的人) named Xia Luo, who is merely __64__ loser. He’s down and out with no job, and he lives with his wife in a crowded apartment. In a dream, Xia relives his life with everything he ever wanted. But at last he realizes that what he __65__ (true) misses is his ordinary life.

The movie is adapted 66 a theater play of the same title produced by Mahua FunAge (开心麻花). The company set out 67 (stage) its first amusing plays, known as “grassroots theater”, in 2003. Up to now, the group 68 (produce) 21 plays and built a considerable fan base.

The popularity of these plays and the recent hit, according to critics, reflects a trend of the public’s increasingly mature and diverse taste in cinema. Previous 69 (success) include A Hero or Not 《煎饼侠》, 70 (release) this summer by Dong Chengpeng, and Crazy Stone by Ning Tao. 61.__________ 62. __________ 63. __________ 64. __________ 65. __________

66. __________ 67. __________ 68. __________ 69. __________ 70. __________

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear editor,

I am writing to you to talk about the heavy traffic. Nowadays, people in many big cities are complaining the heavy traffic. It has serious influenced people’s daily li fe and economic development. To solve the problem, I’d like to put forward s ome advices.

For one thing, more streets and roads should be built. In this way, we can speed up the flow of buses and cars. For other, the number of bikes and cars can be limited, that can decrease the traffic flow. But the most important thing is what the number of private cars should be put under the control. Meanwhile, buses should have its own special routes which cannot be using by other vehicles. Therefore, underground train and city train should be developed quickly.

I do hope my suggestions will be taken.

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节书面表达（满分25分）

某中学英文报开辟了“Editor Coffee Break”专栏，为的是方便读者们能与编辑交流英语学习的方方面面。假设你是该栏目的编辑李华，你收到一封署名为Mr. Confused的来信。信中该同学表达了对将来英语可能退出高