广东省中山市二中高三英语上学期第一次月考试题(一)

1、广东省中山市二中 2015 届高三英语上学期第一次月考试题第一节 完形填空 ( 共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分 )Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked successfully, his assistant _1_,“All our work is in vain. We havelearned nothing. ”Thomas Edisonreplied very _2_,“ Oh, we have come a long wa

2、y and we have _3_ a 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 someone else s mistakes, then you are a genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines _5_ dai

3、lyand failure is nothing more than a few small _6_ repeated daily. ll make mistakes if we do disciplines in life,we don ttasks which are important andHow _7_ the above lines are! Success takes time. We things in too much of a hurry. Whenwe do not practice build enough confidence to _8_ new and chall

4、enging matter in life. Our confidence _9_ what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. Weare all born with exceptional qualities, but only a few really _10_ their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) _11_ life. Do you want to be exceptional?Succes

5、s 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 depends on previous _14_, and without it we will end in failure.When you are _15_, please enjo

6、y it and give your hand to others who want toaccomplish something.1. A. celebratedB. complainedC. explainedD.answered2. A. confidentlyB. madlyC. carelesslyD. angrily3. A. rememberedB. refusedC. learnedD. ordered4. A. healthyB. enthusiasticC. intelligentD.generous5. A. shownB. preventedC. recordedD.

7、practiced6. A. errorsB. machinesC. jobsD. steps7. A. commonB. strangeC. familiarD. true8. A. keepB. attemptC. giveD. see9. A. depends onB. sets asideC. turns downD. setsup10. A. ownB.realizeC. provideD. research11. A. activeB. hardC. richD. average12. A. achieveB. watchC. offerD.recognize13. A. stor

8、yB. excuseC. keyD. plan14. A. preparationB. influenceC. lifeD.generation15. A. powerfulB.wonderfulC. successfulD. hopeful第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1. 5分，满分15分）Once upon a time , there was an island. All the feelings lived in the islandHappiness , Sadness, Richness , Knowledge, and all of the others,16 （incl

9、ude） Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink , so they constructed boats 17 left , except for Love.Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out 18 the lastpossible moment. When the island had almost sunk , Love decided to ask for help.Richness was passi

10、ng 19 Love in a grand boat.Love said , “ Richness , can you take me with you ?Richness answered, “No, I can t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat 20 I have to carry. There is no place here for you. ”Suddenly , there was a voice , “Come Love, I will take you. It was an elder.So blessed and

11、overjoyed , Love even forgot 21（ask） the elder where they were going. 22 they arrived at dry land , the elder went her own way. 23（realize） how much she owed the elder , Love asked Knowledge, another elder , “Who helped me ?”“24 was Time, Knowledge answered.“Time? ” asked Love. But why did Time help

12、 me ?Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered , “ Because only Time is capable of understanding how 25_（value） Love is. ”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分） AWhen I was 12, all I wanted was a signet （ 图章）ring. They were the in thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th

13、 birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials （姓名首字母 ）carved into it. I was in heaven.What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn t being areplaced ” . We d been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything so m

14、ost of thenew stuff （ 东西 ）we got wasreally just to replace what we d lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I ga

15、ve up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn t my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum no

16、ticed my questioning look.“Youll recognize this one, she said, smiling.Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside.The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included repl

17、acing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They d had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. And it still fits me.The underlinedword in in the fir

18、st paragraph probably means .A. fashionableB. availableC. practicalD.renewableWhen she got the ring back, the writer was about.A. 13 years oldB. 15 years oldC. 26 years oldD.28 years oldWho found the missing ring first?A. the author s mother B. the authorC. the house present ownerD. unknownWhich of

19、the following is TRUE according to the passage?The writer s family moved several times.The writer never stopped looking for her ring.The writer s ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.What would be the best title for the passage?A. My

20、 New Ring B. Lost and Found C. Lost and ReplacedD.AnExpensive RingBThe old shopkeeper led me through to the back of the shop. The room was filled with boxes and photographs of people dressed in old-fashioned clothes, holdingpackages in their hands .“Who are these -people?” I asked .aSatisfied custom

21、ers , answered young Mr. Hopkins . We have a very wide choice of items for sale . Whenever I serve a new customer, I always take their picture . Mr. Hopkins pointed to an ancient camera standing next to one wall . Now, how can I serve you? ” he added .By this time , I had started to trust Mr. Hopkin

22、s and had begun to appreciate the lovely items on sale. I needed to buy Christmas presents for my family and friends , and this seemed to be the perfect place to purchase them. I spent a verypleasant hour being shown the commodities in Mr. Hopkins shop. No matter what I asked for, Mr. Hopkins found

23、it for me. Finally, I bought an antique jewelry box,a pair of riding boots , a leather-bound edition of the Complete Works of Mark Twain, and a sewing machine .I was very excited that I had found such a good little shop. I promised Mr.Hopkins that l would come back soon. I will tell all my friends a

24、bout your lovely place , “ I told the shopkeeper .“Please do not do that, sir , said Mr. Hopkins. This is a special place for special people . You must keep this shop a secret . Then he took my phot ograph and handed me the picture straight away .“That was quick! ” I exclaimed . I looked at the phot

25、ograph . In the picture I looked proud and excited holding the presents I had bought in Mr. Hopkins dustyshop.On Christmas Day, my friends and relatives were delighted with the presents I had bought for them. For weeks, my brother begged me to show him where to find this wonderful little shop . I fi

26、nally agreed to take him to London to show him.When we arrived in London , we walked along Oxford Street , past the departmentstore andFound nothing The little shop was no longer there In its place was an empty space being used as a car park I checked the area again 。 There was the music shop ， and

27、there was the department store In between should have been Hopkins and Son, but it wasn t there As l was staring at the place where the shop should have been, a old policeman came along “ Are you looking for something sir? ” he asked I turned and said “ I amlooking for a littleshop called Hopkins an

28、d Son I thoughtit was here ”“ Oh yes ，” said the policeman “ There was a shop here once called Hopkins and Son It sold allsorts of things ， but it was knocked down over 30 years ago ”I looked again at the place where the shop had been Then I reached into mypocket and took out the photograph that Mr.

29、 Hopkins had taken of me holding my presents in the little shop “ How strange ” I exclaimed 31 The photos in the back of the shop showed .A. the items that Mr. Hopkins had soldB Mr. Hopkins fa milymembersC Mr. Hopkins former customersD the antique paintings32 How did the writer like the shop?A He fo

30、und it a modem big shop TOC o 1-5 h z B He thought it a wonderful shop for all Christmas presentsC He thought it a good shop with an ancient cameraD He found it a dusty, old but friendly and lovely little shop33 Which of the following is true about the shop?A It was a well-known little shop in Londo

31、n。B It was a special shop selling special presentsC It was between a music shop and a department storeD It was knocked down a few weeks ago.34 The word “the commodities in the 4th paragraph means .A the goods in the shopB. the writer s worksC Mr. Hopkins photographsD Some presents left by othercusto

32、mers Which of the following is the best title of this passage?A Christmas ShoppingB Hopkins and His SonC The Strange Experience D The Strange Little ShopCSeveral hun dred strangers received “ love letters ” from a young man on the street. The letter was written and given out by Yang Yang, a student

33、majoring in human resources at Chongqing University of Science and Technology, who hoped to show his disappointment with job hunting.Yangs story has captured media attention perhaps because it is similar to those of millions of recent graduates, who are seeking jobs and eking out meager livings in t

34、he countrys wealthiest cities. They have diplomas rather than professional skills and scramble to metropolises in hopes of better lives only tofind low-paying jobs and miserable living conditions.They are Chinas ant tribe （蚁族） , a term coined by sociologist Lian Si in his 2009 book, Ant Tribe, “ The

35、r re so similar to ants . They share small and narrow living areas.They re intelligent and hardworking, yet anonymous andunderpaid. ” The term, sociologists have said, also speaks to their helplessness in a world governed by the law of the concrete jungle - only the strongest survive.A survey in Lia

36、n s another book published this year, Ant Treibe II, found nearly 30 percent of “ ants ” are graduates of famous universities-almost threetimes last year s percentage. Most had degrees in popular majors. In addition, 7.2 percent of “ants ” have at least a master s degree compared to 1.6 percent in 2

37、009.An “ ants ” average monthly salary is 1,904 yuan （$286）, with about 64 percent of them earning fewer than 2,000 yuan a month.Another survey in the 2010 Annual Report on the Development of Chinese Talent, released by the Social Sciences Academic Press in June, found more than 1 million “ ants ” l

38、ive in big cities.“ Most ants are from rural （农村） families or small towns, and their experiences in ordinary universities didnt arm them well enough to fight with competitors in big cities employment markets, ” professor at Renmin University of China Zhang Ming said.The “ant tribe s” embarrassing li

39、 ving situations have become a serious social problem, and the government should develop smaller cities to attract more graduated form big cities. Zhang believed.However, “ ants expect more study and training opportunities in big cities, which keeps them in positive mindsets despite their situations

40、. Yang s story is introduced in other to.A analyze graduates difficulties in finding jobs B.lead to the topic of the article- “ant tribe ”C tell readers a story about those big citiesD.show a clever way ofdealing with pressure The “ ants ” fait to find high-paying jobs mainly because.A they have no

41、diplomas from good universitiestheir majors do not meet the needs of societyC those from rural areas are not treated equallyD they do not have necessary professional skills“ Ant tribe ” members are similar to ants in the following aspects EXCEPTthatA they live in narrow and small places in groupsthe

42、y work hard but earn little for survivalC they are in a world judged by the jungle lawD they are pleased with being nameless and underpaid Professor Zhang thought “ ants ” problems could be solved byA creating more jobs for graduates in big citiesdeveloping smaller cities to attract graduatesC sendi

43、ng graduates to rural areas and small townsD training graduates to improve their ability By writing this article, the author mainly intends to show.A despite better education, “ ants ” are still strugglingB despite difficulties,“ ants ” have promising futureC better education, better job opportuniti

44、esD Ant Tribe is a good book to help understand today s ChinaDAs the nights get longer, those who suffer from the winter blues will be planning ways to escape to the sunshine.But there may be a much simpler way of cheering yourself up. simply shining a bright light into your ear canal.Up to one in f

45、our Britons suffer from seasonal affective disorder, with seven percent of the population having full-blown SAD.It is caused by the brain not receiving enough daylight which is needed to trigger serotonin （血清素） , a hormone that regulates mood. Symptomsrange from mild lethargy （嗜睡） to depression and

46、insomnia （失眠） , but a cure might be in sight.Two clinical trials, run by Valkee - who make a device that can shine light into your ear - and the University of Oulu in Finland, have found that carefully targeted light can help prevent the condition.Juuso Nissil?, Valkees co -founder and chief scienti

47、st said: We presented earlier that the human brain is sensitive to light.These two clinical trials show that channeling bright light via ear canal into brains photosensitive areas effectively prevents and treats seasonal affective disorder.The University of Oulu reported that in their first study, 9

48、2 percent of the patients with seasonal affective disorder achieved full remission after a month of daily eight-to-12 minute doses of light from the Valkee.The results were presented at the International Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Budapest.Valkee launched its bright-light headset in Aug

49、ust 2010. It is classed as a medical device under EU regulations.The device channels bright light direct to the brain via the ear canal to prevent and cure depression, moodswings and even circadian-rhythm disorders such as jetlag.It costs l85and looks like an iPod - only the earphones emit light rat

50、her than sound.Anyone wanting to copy the effects with a torch is likely to be disappointed, they emit the wrong kind of light that is apparently too yellow.According to the census, of the Britons suffer from seasonal affectivedisorderA. 7%. B. 25%. C. 92%. D. 20%.Why can the headset run by Valkee s

51、top and treat the winter blues affectively?Because .the bright light through ear canal can get into brains photosensitive areasthe headsets are very colorful, which can make sufferers excitedthe earphones can broadcast musicthe sufferers can chat with others by using the headsetWhat does the researc

52、h tell us about the seasonal affective disorder?It s impossible to cure the seasonal affective disorder.The treatment of the disease still has a long way to go.Years of research has produced no reportable results.It s possible to cure the seasonal affective disorder.What can we infer from the passag

53、e?The new medical device looks like an iPod.The bright-light headset was launched in 2010.It is Valkee that make the new medical device.The torch will not be used for making the bright-light headset.What s the best t itle of the passage?A New IPod For Listening to Music.A New Headset For Watching Vi

54、deos.A New Medical Device For Curing the Winter Blues.A New Earphones For Treating Depression.第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，？茜分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，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。首先请阅读下列一些电影简介。A. Name: LifeisbeautifulBrief introduction:an Italian movie. During World WarII in Italy, Guido was a good and kind, chee

55、rful and humorous person. He met and fell in love with Dora, a school teacher; and they got married.It is a very beautiful and sad story. It is a heartrending movie that shows us we should never forget what happened and stand up against war.B. Name: Central StationBrief introduction: a Brazilian mov

56、ie. A poor and retired teacher writes letters in the Rio de Janeiro train station.Illiteratepeople pay Dora to writeand mailtheletters.Ana, oneofDoras clients, died infront ofthestation, and Dora took Josue , to her house. First, Dorahad badintentions,but then she decided tohelp theboylook for his f

57、ather.This film shows how both poverty and hope play a role in the lives of Brazilian people.C. Name: GattacaBrief introduction:a science fiction thriller.It showsthe use of genetic engineering in the future to create an almost perfect human. The director of this movie creates a world of the future

58、based on genetic testing and research nowadays.This movie is shocking to society because it creates a believable world of the future based on genetic engineering.D. Name: The NetBrief introduction:a Canadian movie. It introduces usto the main character, a computer programmer totallyaddicted to the I

59、nternet. She spends hours and hours in front of the screen working, ordering pizza, reserving a flight seat, and chatting with online friends. Then comes the sinister aspect of identity theft.The movie is close to our daily life, and those troubles might happen to us.E. Name: Harry PotterBrief intro

60、duction:a science fiction movie. The movie coHarry s struggle against theevil wizard Lord VoldemortHarry s parents and many otherinnocent people. Harry Poleading role of the whole story. He is a talented, powerf boy with a strong mind. Harry Potter learns more than mag Hogwarts. He makes new friends