湖南省雅礼中学高三2月月考英语试题及答案

1、2015年雅礼中学高三年级2月月考英语试题高三英语备课组考试时间：120分钟 本卷满分：150分 part listening comprehension(30 marks)section a （22.5 marks） directions: in this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. for each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked a,

2、 b and c. listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question. you will hear each conversation twice.section b（7.5 marks） directions: in this section, you will hear a short passage. listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. fill in each

3、 blank with no more than three words. you will hear the short passage twice.part language knowledge (45 marks)section a (15 marks)directions: for each of the following unfinished sentences there are four chokes marked a, b, c and d. choose the one that best completes the sentence.21. our grade has _

4、 students specially trained to better our integrated science course (理 综). a. ours b. our c. we d. us22. when brad worked in his second hometown, he _ often wander in the poem wall park of changde city, enjoying a variety of poems and handwriting. a. should b. will c. would d. can23. in boys view, i

5、t is not girls appearance and wealth _ catch their attention but their personality and wisdom or vice versa (反之亦然). a. which b. how c. when d. that24. -sorry to cut you in. please go ahead. - where was i? -you _a heavy fog blanketed changsha. a. were saying b. had said c. say d. have said25. senior

6、3 students, _ you stay calm, study hard and rest well can you obtain your goals. a. if only b. only if c. so that d. even if26. high school students are unfit to read such type of books _ harmful to their soul. a. that is b. as are c. that are d. as is 27. it is believed that many more pop songs lik

7、e little apples _ by some unknown singers or composers this year. a. are creating b. are created c. will be created d. have created28. -our class teacher foresaw our class were to win the yali cup volleyball match in the final. -yeah. we _ for it for a couple of months. a. is preparing b. was prepar

8、ing c. had been preparing d. has been preparing29. -hey, you look cheerful and delighted. whom are you waiting for? - my classmate _ with me in shaoshan. a. went hiking b. to go hiking c. will go hiking d. go hiking30. as is known, _ the chinese mens football team has behaved excellently has greatly

9、 set off its fans enthusiasm.a. that b. why c. what d. how31. the malaysian airlines system berhad (马来西亚航空公司), _ two plane accidents, hasnt recovered from its negative influence yet. a. having experienced b. experienced c. experiencing d. to experience32. -beyond doubt the shanghai stampede (踩踏) has

10、 aroused much concern.-people wonder _ the shanghai municipal government can do about it.a. if b. that c. how d. what33. we have been doing our first round review in all our subjects with our new lessons _.a. finishing b. having finished c. finished d. to finish34. jerry was about halfway through hi

11、s favorite tv program im a singer _ the electricity was cut off.a. why b. when c. where d. while35. kittys promise to go to henrys birthday party made her girl friend excited, but _ her boy friend downhearted.a. / b. making c. having made d. to makepart section b (18 marks)directions: for each blank

12、 in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked a. b. c and d. fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. hello. my name is steve berger and i am hoping to share a hero with you. my friend andrew is doing something pretty unbelievable and i cant believe a

13、 14-year-old 36_ such a plan. andrew is already doing his eagle scout (童子军) project; in my opinion, most scouts arent 37_ to do this until they are 17. what is his project? building a drummer boy 38_ at the national civil war museum in harrisburg, pa. andrew is a civil war reenactor (重演的人) and has g

14、iven me the history of drummer boys (they did a lot more than people think). obviously the drummer boy is not important in any memorials throughout the united states. most people would simply 39_ a memorial, but andrew took action. he has already 40_ $15,000 of his $30,000 project by selling a piece

15、 of his fathers land. recently, i was a boy scout for 2 years. i know the basics of the civil war, but i am not so inspired. to put it simply, it would affect me 41_ if this memorial is built or not, but i know that it would influence many as i am 42_ of the number of tourists that travel to gettysb

16、urg and the museum in harrisburg. most importantly, i am impressed that a 14-year-old boy is 43_such a historic task. when i was 14, my parents would be lucky if i mowed the grass! i just keep thinking of your future contribution when i think of andrew. you can pass on 44_ values that make our commu

17、nities better. you can also put your ideas into practice. i think your attention and devotion45_ what he is doing. my real hope is that you have already read this and are thinking of ways that you can help andrew. the help could be in the 46_ of funding, raising awareness, or encouraging andrew and

18、his project. can you make a(n) 47_ by helping him or others? more information on his project can be accessed at . 36. a. came up with b. caught up with c. put up with d. went on with37. a. disapproved b. forced c. moved d. approved38. a. memorial b. organization c. drum d.

19、 community39. a. build b. command c. demand d. recommend40. a. rose b. raised c. changed d. wasted41. a. very little b. a lot c. extremely d. forever42. a. tired b. proud c. aware d. afraid43. a. researching b. sharing c. ignoring d. undertaking 44. a. significant b. unimportant c. useless d. ancien

20、t45. a. threatens b. equals c. challenges d. prevents46. a. case b. form c. hope d. front47. a. reason b. comparison c. conclusion d. differencesection c(12 marks)directions: complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context. nancy hughes is a graduate

21、of whitman college and the mother 48_ three children. prior to her work establishing stove team international, she was a stay-at-home mom. in 2003 she met a young woman 49_ hands had been burned shut 50_ falling into an open cooking fire. wanting to help, she transformed a small rotary club project

22、into 51_ effective international charity that has helped develop local factories to produce life-saving, fuel-efficient cook-stoves in the developing world. the ecocina stoves, designed by stove team, reduce wood usage by 50% and carbon emissions by over 80% and put an end to 52_ burns and respirato

23、ry (呼吸的) illnesses. in the six years 53_ stove team internationals inception (创始), the stoves have improved the lives of more than 334,000 individuals in guatemala, el salvador, honduras and mexico. in 2011 she received the purpose prize, 54_ in 2013 she was recognized both as a cnn hero and a white

24、 house champion of change. for 55_ work establishing stove team she was only one of 100 in the world to receive the 2009 rotary service above self award.part reading comprehension (30 marks)directions: read the following three passages. each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished .st

25、atements for each of them there are four chokes marked a. b. c and d. choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage. a i feel kind of bad for my kids because of my husbands job, we have never had time to go to places like the pool or the beach together this summeriv

26、e got a lot more comfortable with talking them to other places but taking them both to water still scares me a lot at six years old cameron can hardly swimsure, he has got all the confidence in the world but hes lacking in skills he loves the water and has confidence; in my book thats a sign of disa

27、ster poor little logan will be four years old and is just now taking his first swim lessons i think that my own inability to swim has made it ok for me not to get the kids swimmingthe best i can do is to keep myself alive until help comes, but i know the basics. i guess if it meant saving one of the

28、 boys i could probably make itas the boys cant swim, i think this will be the summer when they learnin the past four weeks both of the boys have been taking swim lessons monday through thursday, i spend an hour or so watching them learn how to avoid drowning i have to give them both credit; they hav

29、e improved ten-fold in the short amount of time cameron can actually swim he doesnt have the endurance yet and the facts show that he has to work harder than the other kids but hes getting it logan cried for the first few lessons and really wanted nothing to do with swimming, he is not as confident

30、as his older brother but he is getting more comfortable in the water for a kid who has hardly spent any time in water outside of the bathtub, he is doing an amazing job56 we can learn from the first paragraph that_a the writer is out of workb the writer cannot look after two kidscthe writers husband

31、 is busydthe writer has an unhappy family57 what does cameron think of swimming?a he doesnt like swimming at allb he is overly confident about swimmingc he expects to swim in summer the mostd he thinks its the best way to exercise58what do we know about the writer swimming skills?athe writer is a gr

32、eat swimmerbthe writer can only swim slowlycthe writer doesnt know anything about swimmingdthe writer cant swim very well59 how long do the children have swim lessons every week? afor about an hour b for about seven hourscfor about four hours dfor about eight hours 60the last paragraph is mainly abo

33、ut_athe benefits of swimming bthe childrens progress in swimmingcthe childrens attitudes to swimmingdthe difficulties of swimming b millions of people are using cell phones todayin many places it is actually considered unusual not to use onein many countries, cell phones are very popular with young

34、peoplethey find that the phones are more than a means of communicationhaving a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected the explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worriedsome doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health pro

35、blems from the use of mobile phonesin england, there has been a serous debate about this issuemobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity of such ideasthey say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health on the other hand, why do some medical studies show ch

36、anges in the brain cells of some people who use mobile phones? signs of change in the issues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipmentin one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at a young age because of serious memory losshe couldnt remember even simple taskshe would

37、often forget the name of his own sonthis man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of yearshis family doctor blamed his mobile phone use, but his employers doctor didnt agree what is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful? th

38、e answer is radiationhigh-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phonesmobile phone companies agree that there is some radiation, but they say the amount is too small to worry about as the discussion about their safety continues, it appears that its best to use mobile p

39、hones less oftenuse your regular phone if you want to talk for a long timeuse your mobile phone only when you really need itmobile phones can be very useful and convenient, especially in emergenciesin the future, mobile phones may have a warning label that says they are bad for your healthso for now

40、, its wise not to use your mobile phone too often .61people buy cell phones for the following reasons except that_atheyre popular btheyre convenient ctheyre useful dtheyre cheap 62the world “detected” in paragraph 3 could be best replaced by_. adiscovered bremoved ccured dcaused 63the salesman retir

41、ed young because_ahe disliked using mobile phones bhe couldnt remember simple tasks che was tired of talking on his mobile phone dhis employers doctor persuaded him to 64 on the safety issue of mobile phones, the manufacturing companies_a. deny the existence of mobile phone radiation bdevelop new te

42、chnology to reduce mobile phone radiation chold that the amount of radiation is too small to worry about dtry to prove that mobile phones are not harmful to health65the writers purpose of writing this article is to advise people_a to buy mobile phones bto use mobile phones less often cto update regu

43、lar phones dto stop using mobile phonesclike a needle climbing up a bathroom scale, the number keeps rising. in 1991, 15% of americans were obese(肥胖的); by 1999, that proportion had grown to 27%. youngsters, who should have age and activity on their side, are growing larger as well: 19% of americans

44、under 17 are obese. waistbands（腰带） have been popping in other western countries too, as physical activity has declined and diets have expanded. as a whole, people in the rich world seem to have lost the fight against flab(松弛).meanwhile, poorer nations have enjoyed some success in their battles again

45、st malnutrition and famine. but, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the american association for the advancement of science, it is more a case of being out of the frying pan and into the fire. the most striking example actually in the poor world comes from the pacific islands,

46、home of the worlds most obese communities. in 1966, 14% of the men on this island were obese while 100% of men under the age of 30 in 1996 were obese. this increase in weight has been uneven as well as fast. as a result, undernourished and over-nourished people frequently live cheek by jowl(紧密地). th

47、e mix can even occur within a single household. a study of families in indonesia found that nearly 10% contained both the hungry and the fat. this is a mysterious phenomenon, but might have something to do with people of different ages being given different amounts of food to eat. the prospect of he

48、ading off these problems is bleak(暗淡的). in many affected countries there are cultural factors to fight with, such as an emphasis on eating large meals together, or on food as a form of hospitality. moreover, there is a good measure of disbelief on the part of policymakers that such a problem could e

49、xist in their countries. add to that reluctance on the part of governments to spend resources on promoting diet and exercise while starvation is still a real threat, and the result is a recipe for inaction. unless something is done soon, it might not be possible to turn the clock back.66. the first

50、sentence of the passage most probably implies that _. a. many americans are obsessed with the rising temperature in their bathroom b. people are doing more physical exercises with the help of scales c. more people are over-weighed in the united states d. youngsters become taller and healthier thanks

51、 to more activities67. as physical exercise declines and diet expands, _. a. other western countries has been defeated by fat b. western countries can no longer fight against obesity c. waistbands begin to be popular in other western countries d. obesity has become an epidemic(流行病)of the rich world

52、68.which is not the point of the example of the pacific islands? a. the poor community has shaken off poverty and people are well-fed now. b. obesity is becoming a problem in the developing world too. c. excessive weight increase will cause no less harm than the food shortage. d. the problem of over

53、weight emerges very fast.69.of tackling(处理)obesity in the poor world, we can learn from the passage that_ a. the matter is so complex as to go beyond our capacity b. no matter what we do, the prospect will always be bleak c. it is starvation, the real threat, that needs to be solved d. we should tak

54、e immediate actions before it becomes incurable70.what is the main idea of this passage? a. obesity is now a global problem that needs tackling. b. the weights increase fast throughout the whole world. c. obesity and starvation are two main problems in the poor world. d. obesity has shifted from the rich world to the poor world.part iv writing (45 mar