广东省东莞市第七中学高三英语上学期第一次月考试题(一)

1、广东省东莞市第七中学 2015 届高三英语上学期第一次月考试题注意事项：答卷前， 考生务必用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、 试室号、 座位号填写 在答题卡上；用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答， 答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内的相应位置上； 如需改动， 先划掉原来的答案， 然后再写上新的答案； 不准使用铅笔和涂改液；不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 .作答选做题时，请先用 2B 铅笔填涂选

2、做题的题号对应的信息点，再作答。漏涂、错涂、 多涂的，答案无效。本试卷分非选择题和选择题两部分，共 8 页，满分为 135 分。考试用时120 分钟。I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分 45分）第一节 完形填空（共15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked successfully, his assistan

3、t 1,“All our work is in vain. We havelearned nothing. ”Thomas Edison replied very 2 ,“ Oh, we have come a long way and we have 3a lot. Wenow know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot use to make a good light bulb. ”If you learn from your mistakes, then you are 4 . If you learn from

4、someoneelse s mistakes, then you are a talent. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines 5 dailyand failure is nothing more than a few small 6 repeateddaily.How 7 the above lines are! Success takes time. We ll make mistakes if wedo things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice d

5、isciplines in life, wedon t build enough confidence to 8 new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence 9 what we think of ourselves andwhether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional qualities, but only a few really 10 their true potentials and ma

6、ke efforts in life, and the others just lead a（n） 11 life. Do you want to be exceptional?Success is a fruit which everyone wants to eat, but it is not found everywhere and no one can 12 it without serious efforts.Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don t will find a（n）13 !Success de

7、pends on 14 , and without it we will end in failure.When you are 15 , please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.1. A. celebratedB. complainedC. explainedD. answered2. A. confidentlyB. madlyC. carelesslyordered4. A. healthyB. enthusiasticC. intelligentD. generous5.

8、 A. shownB. preventedC. recordedD. practiced6. A. errorsB. machinesC. jobsD. steps7. A. commonB. strangeC. familiarDtrue8. A. keepB. attemptC. giveDsee9. A. depends onB. sets asideC. turns downD. sets up10. A. ownB. realizeC. provideDresearch11. A. activeB. hardC. richD. average12. A. achieveB. watc

9、hC. offerD. recognize13. A. storyB. excuseC. keyD. plan14. A. preparationB. influenceC. lifeD. generation15. A. powerfulB. wonderfulC. successfulDD. angrily3. A. rememberedB. refusedC. learnedD.hopeful第二节 语法填空 ( 共 10 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 15分)阅读下面短文， 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求， 在空格出填入一个适当的词或者使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填

10、写在答题卡标号为 16-25 的相应位置上。Why don t birds get lost on their long flights from one place to another?Not long ago, experiments showed that birds rely 16 the sun to guide them during daylight hours. But what about birds 17 fly by night? Tests with artificial (人造的) stars have proved that certain night flyin

11、g birds are able to follow the stars in their long-distance flights.A dove (鸽子) had spent its lifetime in a cage and had never flown under a 18 (nature) sky. Yet 19 showed an inborn ability to use the stars for guidance. The bird s cage 20 (place) under an artificial star-filled sky. The bird tried

12、to fly in the same direction 21 (take) by his outdoor cousins. Any change in the position of the make-believe stars caused 22 change in the direction of his flight.Scientists think that doves, when 23 (fly) in daylight, use the sun for guidance.But the stars are apparently their principal means of n

13、avigation. What do they do24 the stars are hidden by clouds? 25 (obvious), they find their way bysuch landmarks as mountain ranges, coastlines, and river courses. But when it stoo dark to see these, the doves circle helplessly, unable to get their position.n阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40

14、 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AI am a 21-year-old boy, and this is my story.One month after I graduated from high school in 2009, I was coming home from swim practice and was involved in a car accident. I was so seriously injured that I was in a coma （昏迷） for over two months at Prin

15、ce Georges Hospital.I died eight times during my coma and I couldn t talk or communicate when I woke up. Walking was never going to happen again due to all the extreme injuries. Just like my body, my dreams were almost shattered. But I was not going to let my injuries prevent me from living my dream

16、s.After 14 operations and blood transfusions, I had to learn how to talk, eat, walk, shower and live independently again. When I was out of hospital, I still had to go to outpatient therapy in Waldorf, Maryland. After spending a few months in a wheelchair, I took baby steps to walk on my own. It was

17、 a miracle that I could walk again, but I wanted to prove that I could not only walk, but run. Whenit came true, I wanted to get back in the pool again. After a few lung tests, I was able to go in the pool a little bit each week. After a few months of swim training, I began my freshman year at St. M

18、ary s College of Maryland and bec ame a proud member of the swim team.By telling my story, I want to make a positive influence on the world. I am just trying to live each day to the fullest and inspire other people never to give up their dreams no matter how bad a situation is. I remember when I was

19、 still in my hospital bed, I would have my mom and dad push me around in my wheelchair to the other rooms to see the other patients and talk to them and their families. I wanted26. When the car accident happened, the author A. was a high school student educationto let them know that everything was g

20、oing to be okay. Somehow, things would work out for the best.had finished his high schoolC. was a college student competitionWhat does the underlined wordA. begunB. destroyedIt can be inferred that the author _A. was out of hospitalC. faced physical and mental challengesD. was returning home from a

21、swimshattered ” in Paragraph 3 mean?sharedD. taken_ after he woke up from his coma.B. was in surprisewas worried about his lungWhat does the author mainly want to show in the last paragraph?A. His purpose of sharing his story.B. His painful experiences.C. His influence on students.D. His great achie

22、vements.The best title for this passage would be A. Attitude Is Everything.B. Actions Speak Louder thanWords.C. Everything Happens for a ReasonD. A Good Beginning Is Half Done.BWhether you admit it or not, music improves our daily life and makes us feel easy, especially the music of Beethoven and Mo

23、zart. But can you believe that a school in England is using classical music to cut down students bad behavior?The head teacher Brian Walker at the West Park School in Derby asks some students to stay behind after school on Fridays. He forces his students to listen to Mozart and other classical music

24、. He also makes them copy his favorite poems and they have to watch educational videos.Mr. Walker says his main aim is to stop noisy pupils causing trouble in class for students who want to study. He said the students staying behind were “not the smokers or drinkers, the truants （逃学生）or the people w

25、ho are late for school It s those who have slowed the learning and teaching in class for everyone” . Mr. Walker saidthis was unacceptable, because it was making the rest of the students fail to focus their attention on their study.Mr. Walker believes what he does reminds students that education is s

26、omething to value. “ It helps them see they are part of something bigger that will improve their life chances, ” he said. The head teacher thinks students in fact learn from being kept behind after school. “ Hopefully, I open their ears to an experience they don t normally have anddon t want to have

27、 again, so it s both educational and acts asa warning. ”Music has had success elsewhere in reducing bad behavior. In 2004, it reduced crime on Londo n s subway by 25 percent. Researchers from a Belfast university found it helped stop elephants bad behavior.However, one West Park student called Kiera

28、n said,“An hour of Mr. Walker s musicis a real killer. ”Mr. Walker asks his students to listen to music to .A. make them rest after a day s studyB. punish them for theirbad behaviorC. get them to love arts graduallyD. reduce their badbehaviorA student who may be left behind to listen to Mozart after

29、 class.A. plays truantB. smokes in classC. bothers others in classD. comes late for classWhy does Mr. Walker say some students bad behavior is unacceptable?Because the rest of the students hate them.Because they are wasting their life.Because they are disturbing teachers.Because they have a bad infl

30、uence on the other students.In the eyes of Mr. Walker, .A. some students don t realize education is valuableB. all students canlearn from musicC. music must be taught after classD.students ought to lovemusicIt can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that .the action Mr. Walker takes sometimesdo

31、esn t really work as plannedMr. Walker aims to tell students study is importantonce music helped animals behave wellanimals also like to listen to music CI found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble.I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having

32、a final test. During thetest, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn t understand.So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had anextra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happenedto have an extra one, so I took it o

33、ut of my pocket and put it on her desk.Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay inthe room when all the other students left. As soon as we were alone she began totalk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it wasto stand on your own

34、two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized (强调) the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I wouldthink seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told meI

35、 could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw melean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl s test paper. I trie

36、d to explain about the pen, but all she co uld say was it seemed very strange to her that I hadn t talked of anything about the pen theday she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I wasjust doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to bel

37、ieve that I had cheated on the test.The story took place exactly .A. in the teacher s officeB. in an exam roomC. in the libraryD. in the language labThe girl wanted to borrow a pen, because .she had not brought a pen with hershe had lost her own on her way to schoolthere was something wrong with her

38、 penher own had been taken away by someone TOC o 1-5 h z The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy .A. to go on writing his paperB. to stop whisperingC. to leave the room immediatelyD. to stay behind after the examThe thing(s) emphasized in the teacher s talk was (were) _.A. honestyB. sense of

39、dutyC. seriousnessD.carefulnessThe boy knew everything .the moment he was asked to stay behindwhen the teacher started talking about honestyonly some time laterwhen he was walking out of the roomDWe like people who look like us, because they tend to have personalities similar to our own. And, a new

40、study suggests, the longer we are with someone, the more similarities in appearance grow.Researchers set out to study why couples often tend to look like one another.They asked 11 male and 11 female participants to judge the age, attractivenessandpersonality of 160 real-life married couples. Photogr

41、aphs of husbands and wives were viewed separately, so the participants didnt know who was married to whom.The test participants rated men and womenwho were actual couples as looking alike and having similar personalities. Also, the longer the couples had been together, the greater the similarities.

42、The researchers guess that the sharing of experiences might affect how couples look.The idea that there is a connection between appearance and personality might seem strange at first, but there could be biological reasons for a link, said study member Tony Little from the University of Liverpool in

43、England.“ The face displays our emotions and over time, emotional expressions may become written in the face, ” Little told Live Science. For example, someone who smiles a lot may develop lines and muscles that are suggestive of someone who is happy.Other studies have shown that partners who are gen

44、etically similar to each other tend to have happier marriages.The new study indicates that people have different features when using facial appearance to make decisions about someone s personality, and that the particular cues （暗示） focused on change from face to face. Vital to the decision, however,

45、 are eyes and smiles.“ Smiles are important social cues that may tell us whether or not someone is friendly, and eyes are also a traditional focus of attention,” Little said.Overall face shape can be important too. For example, the combination of large chins and strong brow ridges （脊） can create an

46、impression of disagreeableness and being unwilling to cooperate, Little said.Why do we like those who look like us?Because they tend to like us.Because opposites usually attract each other.Because their personalities are similar to ours.Because we often marry those who look like us.Why do some old l

47、overs look alike according to the researchers?Because they live in the same place for a long time.Because their similar experiences might affect their appearance.Because they learn from each other in their daily life.Because they re closely connected with each other biologically.Which part of a pers

48、on s face can help you judge whether he/she is paying attention to you?A. Eyes.B. Nose.C. Mouth.D.Eyebrow.At least people were involved in the research mentioned in the secondparagraph.A. 22B.160 C.182D. 342The passage is mainly about.how to tell who have similar personalitieswhy some old lovers loo

49、k like each otherhow to tell whether someone is friendly or notwhy lovers who look alike have happier marriages第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列图文，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。（选E请同时填涂AB项，选F请同时填涂CD项）首先请阅读下列警方通报查找人员的信息：B.Name: Ziggy NizottHeight: 1.82 mWeight: 90kgAge: 35Details: Long history of violen

50、t crime including robbery, assault and car theft.Name: Dennis TsokasHeight: 1.95 mWeight: 70 kgAge: 28Details:Well known tolocal police having been arrestedseveral timesfor pick-pocketing.C.D.Name: Michael ClarkeHeight: 1.7 mWeight: 65 kgAge: 20Details:Arrested as ayouth for car theft and the sellin

51、g of stolenName: Mark HughesHeight: 1.6 mWeight: 60kgAge: 29Details:Is wanted bypolice for several armed robbery of grocerygoods.stores, banks and post offices.E.F.Name: William DanielsHeight: 1.6 mWeight: 90kgAge: 32Details: Arrested 4 times for the selling of drugs and car theft.Name: Herb ElliotH

52、eight: 1.6 mWeight: 90kgAge: 22Details:Recentlyreleased from prison where he served 2 years for sellingstolen goods.以下是相关事件及人物的描述，请把描述与相关插图及提示性文字匹配起来。A valuable dog was taken while being walked by its owner in City Park yesterday afternoon. Police wish to talk to a man seen nearby at the time, descr

53、ibed by witnesses as short and fat with short light hair and clear glasses.Yesterday morning at 9:30a.m. a man armed with a gun entered the National Bank and demanded money from the staff, before fleeing when confronted by bank security staff. Security cameras show the man as being short and thin wi

54、th shoulder length blonde hair.A tall, strong built man with blonde hair, a thick black mustache and wearing dark glasses knocked a woman to the ground and stole her purse on Main Street last Saturday afternoon. If you see this man, do not approach as he is considered extremely dangerous.At the foot

55、ball match between Manchester United and Liverpool, several people had their wallets stolen while waiting in line to buy food. The victims did not see or notice the thief but bystanders describe him as very tall and thin, clean shaven with short light hair.A car was stolen from the supermarket car p

56、ark on Friday, June 23 this year by a man described as very young, 1.7 meters tall with thin dark hair and carrying a blue backpack. A reward of $500 is offered for the car s recovery.III写作（共两节，满分 40分） 第一节基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）你是校报小记者，最近进行了一次采访。时间：上周星期三对象：王老师主题：中学生英语单词拼写的问题现状：（1）约54%高中同学英语书法很差；（2）约45%勺英语词

57、汇只会说而不会写老师解读：（1）原因：平时训练不够；学生懒于记忆（2）建议：提高认识；加强训练，掌握方法【写作内容】根据以上情况写一篇采访报道，包括如下内容：采访的时间、对象和主题；中学生英语单词拼写的现状；老师解读。【写作要求】只能用 5 个句子表达全部内容。【评分标准】句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章连贯。第二节 读写任务 （ 共 l 小题 , 满分 25 分 ）阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150 词左右的英语短文。Latest statistics from the Ministry of Health showed that the incidence rate ofkidney

58、 cancer increased on average by 2.5 percent annually, with men aged 55 to 65at particular risk. “It has now become the 10th most common cancer type among men and will be on the rise in the future,” said Ma Jianhui, a leading doctor at theDepartment of Urological Surgical Oncology of the Cancer Insti

59、tute and Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.Chinese senior cancer specialists warned the public that rising kidney cancer, one of the major health problems in China in recent years, is largely due to an unhealthy lifestyle associated with obesity, smoking and drinking. Lack of healthy die

60、t is also one of the major causes.Though many people already know their unhealthy ways, they keep on doing it.“ Ismoke because I work in sales and it helps me cope with the stress of meeting targets, ” said Wu, after she smoked inside a public restaurant. “ I know it is bad for me and I m trying to