辽宁省本溪高级中学2021届高三英语上学期月考试题

1、辽宁省本溪高级中学2020届高三英语上学期月考试题PAGE PAGE 34辽宁省本溪高级中学2020届高三英语上学期月考试题考试时间为120分钟，总分：150分。第 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15.B. 9.15.C. 9.18.答案是B1. What is the man doing

2、now?A. Applying for a job.B. Asking for a pay raise.C. Interviewing the woman.2. How does the woman sound?A. Excited.B. Surprised.C. Annoyed.3. What seems to be Peters problem?A. He came late for a class.B. He took the wrong seat.C. He failed to borrow books.4. Where are the speakers going?A. A toy

3、store.B. A restaurant.C. A bookstore.5. What did the woman regret?A. Watching the soap opera.B. Paying for the tickets.C. Seeing the film.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。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下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. Why wo

4、nt the boy go to the sales?A. He has no interest in it.B. He has run out of money.C. He has to do a part-time job.7. What does the girl decide to do this weekend?A. Accompany the boy.B. Do the shopping.C. Stay at home.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. Who bought the tickets for the football game?A. Toms father

5、.B. Toms mother.C. Toms uncle.9. What is Tom going to do tomorrow morning?A. Watch the football game.B. Do the shopping with Mary.C. Help his mother with the housework.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. Where did the woman get the news?A. From the radio.B. From the newspaper.C. From the Internet.11. How did

6、the soldiers help the flood-affected families?A. Rebuild their houses.B. Offer them free food.C. Take them to safe places.12. What do the speakers plan to do?A. Work as volunteers.B. Check the weather online.C. Donate some money.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. What does the man think of western table mann

7、ers?A. Its important.B. Its hard to learn.C. It reflects western culture.14. Why did Sara book the western restaurant downtown?A. It is comfortable.B. It is not expensive.C. It is near her house.15. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Iron his black suit.B. Withdraw some money.C. Make a budget.

8、16. What does the man prepare $80 for？A. The main course.B. The wine.C. The dessert.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. How many clean energy records did the UK break in 2017?A. 7.B. 13.C. 15.18. What is the ranking of the UKs power system in the world?A. The fourth.B. The fifth.C. The seventh.19. What target

9、 does the UK want to meet?A. Greenhouse gas reduction.B. The biggest world wildlife fund.C. The worlds cleanest power system.20. What is the passage mainly about?A. The UKs celebration of its first coal-free day.B. The UKs plan for environmental protection.C. The UKs achievements in new energy.第二部分

10、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。AWinners ClubYou choose to be a winner!The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account (交易账户) whe

11、re you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7thats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!Its a club with impressive features for teenagers:No account keeping fees!Youre no millionaire so we dont expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!Excellent i

12、nterest rates!You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits (储蓄) without taking them out in a month.Convenient!Teenagers are busywe get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you ca

13、n choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the InternetYou can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!Mega magazine included!Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE

14、 magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your pare

15、nt or guardian (so we can organize that cool key-card) but it is easy. We cant wait to hear from you. Its the best way to choose to be a winner!21. Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?A. Special gifts are ready for parents.B. The bank opens only on work days.C. Services are conveni

16、ent for its members.D. Fees are necessary for the account keeping.22. If you want to be a member of the Club you must _.A. be an Internet userB. be permitted by your parentC. make 2 deposits per monthD. participate in the club competitions23. What is the purpose of this text?A. To set up a club.B. T

17、o provide part-time jobs.C. To organize key-cards.D. To introduce a new banking service.BThree Feet From GoldDarbys uncle was caught by the “gold fever” in the gold-rush days, and went west to dig and grow rich. After months of labor, he was rewarded by the discovery of the shining ore (矿石). He need

18、ed machinery to bring the ore to the surface. So, with the “strike”, he returned home. And with the help of Darby, he borrowed a lot of money. After buying the machinery and having it shipped, Uncle and Darby went back to work the mine.The first car of ore was mined. And the returns proved they had

19、one of the richest mines in Colorado! Down went the drills! Up went the hopes of Uncle and Darby!Then something happened! The vein (矿脉) of gold ore disappeared! They drilled on, but all in vain. Finally, they decided to quit and sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred dollars. The junk ma

20、n called in a mining engineer to look at the mine and do a little calculating. The engineers calculations showed that the vein would be found just three feet from where the Darbys had stopped drilling! The junk man took millions of dollars in the vein, because he knew enough to seek experts advice b

21、efore giving up.Most of the money which went into the machinery was borrowed through the efforts of Darby, who was then a very young man. The money came from his relatives because of their faith in him. He paid back every dollar of it, although he spent years in doing so.Long afterward, Mr. Darby ma

22、de another discovery that desire can be changed into gold. This discovery came after he went into the business of selling life insurance. Remembering that he lost a huge fortune, for he stopped three feet from gold, Darby profited by the experience in his chosen work, saying to himself, “I stopped t

23、hree feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say no when I ask them to buy insurance.”Darby sold more than a million dollars in life insurance annually. He owes his “stickability” to the lesson he learned from his “quitability” in the gold mining business.24. Darbys uncle went back home to

24、 _.A. receive his rewardB. seek financial supportC. look for more helpersD. consult an engineer25. The Darbys failed in mining business because of _.A. quitting drilling onB. the disappearance of the veinC. the shortage of the machineryD. competing against the junk man26. From the passage, we can kn

25、ow Darby _.A. was unable to pay off the debtsB. mined his gold from the failureC. learned a lesson from selling insuranceD. devoted himself to making new discoveries27. The author intends to tell us that _.A. we wont reach our goal unless we persist B. hopes and difficulties exist side by side C. we

26、 should catch it when an opportunity comesD. correct decisions result from correct judgementCGiven the recent interest in green buildings in the media, lets think differently. Instead of focusing on increasing the supply of energy, what if we focus on reducing demand?Can we start with ending the ope

27、n-door practice of street-front shops? While cool air from these shops is refreshing to pedestrians, it carries a cost. Energy is used in the air conditioning process.So it must be possible to look for changes in regulations that would encourage more energy-saving designs. For instance, if we fix ce

28、iling fans, air-conditioning homes could surely be avoided for part of the year. Ceiling fans use far less energy. They were in a year air conditioners could stay if ceiling fans were fixed.In homes built under the small-house policy in New Territories, the ceiling may be too low for ceiling fans. I

29、f the 9-meter maximum building height regulation were relaxed, ceiling fans could be fixed to reduce energy use. Current thinking in sustainable building design and operation involves integrated (协调统一的) design, that is, bring together all parties to create a building with better performance that ach

30、ieves energy reduction.For integrated design to succeed, all parties must come together and think beyond each persons circle of influence. Better solutions are impossible to avoid with integrated design. Buildings would no longer be engineered after the basic architecture was built. Positive project

31、 outcomes may include reduced air-conditioning load, reduced power use for electric lighting, and a reduction in the amount of materials used.We need to ask if we are ready to look beyond our own small circles and seek an improved approach to building design. By that I mean an integrated design resu

32、lting in more sustainable buildings.28. Whats the authors attitude towards the open-door practice of the street shops?A. Supportive.B. Disapproving.C. Optimistic.D. Uncaring.29. Why does the author suggest fixing ceiling fans?A. To follow an old practice.B. To help reduce energy use.C. To completely

33、 replace air conditioners.D. To help cut down on daily expenses.30. Whats the key to making sustainable buildings a reality?A. All parties should get started at the same time.B. The basic architecture should be finished first.C. Proper design and performance to achieve energy reduction.D. Seeking th

34、e small-house policy and some successful architects.31. What would be the best title for the text?A. Waste less, live betterB. Goodbye, air conditioningC. How to reduce the energy costD. Green buildings call for integrated designDAt your next meeting, wait for a pause in conversation and try to meas

35、ure how long it lasts.Among English speakers, chances are that it will be a second or two at most. But while this pattern may be universal, our awareness of silence differs dramatically across cultures.What one culture considers a confusing or awkward pause may be seen by others as a valuable moment

36、 of reflection and sign of respect for what the last speaker has said. Research in Dutch and also in English found that when a silence in conversation stretches to four seconds, people start to feel uneasy. In contrast, a separate study of business meetings found that Japanese people are happy with

37、silences of 8.2 seconds nearly twice as long as in Americans meetings.In Japan, it is recognized that the best communication is when you dont speak at all. Its already a failure to understand each other by speaking because youre repairing that failure by using words.In the US, it may originate from

38、the history of colonial (殖民地) America as a crossroads of many different races. When you have a complex of difference, its hard to establish common understanding unless you talk and theres understandably a kind of anxiety unless people are verbally engaged to establish a common life. This applies als

39、o to some extent to London.In contrast, when theres more homogeneity, perhaps its easier for some kinds of silence to appear. For example, among your closest friends and family its easier to sit in silence than with people youre less well acquainted with.32. Which of the following people might have

40、the longest silence in conversation?A. The Dutch.B. Americans.C. The English.D. The Japanese.33. What might the Japanese agree with in a conversation?A. Speaking more gives the upper hand.B. Speak out what you have in your mind.C. Great minds think alike without words.D. The shorter talking silence,

41、 the better.34. What can we learn from the text?A. A four second silence in conversation is universal.B. Its hard for Americans to reach a common agreement.C. English speakers are more talkative than Japanese speakers.D. The closer we and our family are, the easier the silence appears.35. What does

42、the underlined word “homogeneity” in the last paragraph mean?A. Similarity.B. Contradiction.C. Diversity. D. Misunderstanding.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。In a world surrounded by bad news, it may feel like an unhappy place sometimes. 36 If you make even one person s

43、mile today, you can help make this world a better place. Here is a list of ideas to help you. 37 In this day and age where everything is sent via the Internet, its a shock to receive a letter through the post. Putting pen to paper and writing a few words to a friend can be an easy way to make a posi

44、tive impact.Requiring some time and research to find the perfect project, volunteering is one of the nicest things you can do. Whether you volunteer at your local youth group or take dogs from shelters for a walk, the simple fact that you are giving up your time to help someone else is incredible. T

45、here are so many opportunities. 38 Tell someone “I love you”. It can be anyone. 39 Perhaps you can tell a friend that you appreciate all they are to you, or remind your mum that its her birthday. Sometimes, in our busy lives we forget to take a moment to tell people what they mean to us. 40 Whether

46、youre creative or not, taking time to make something for someone else shows how much you appreciate them. Even if you think youre not creative, the recipient will feel lucky to get such a unique gift that you put your precious time into. Some ideas could include a card, painting, drawing, song, poem

47、 or cake!A. However, you can make a difference.B. Its a surprise to send a handwritten letter.C. And you dont even have to say “I love you”.D. So you are sure to find one that is right for you.E. And it doesnt necessarily have to take up all your life.F. Making something for a special person is alwa

48、ys unique.G. Even a postcard with a couple of sentences could really make someones day.第三部分：英语知识运用（共三节，满分55分）第一节 完形填空（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。I shopped today. While I was 41 at the grocery store, a woman followed behind me. She was standing by on

49、e of those shopping carts with the 42 in front. The basket held just a few 43 : some apples, corn, a loaf of bread, some canned goods, and a bunch of beautiful coral colored roses. Several times I 44 her looking at those lovely roses and 45 . I told her that they were, indeed, very lovely roses. She

50、 said, “I really do love them, and theyre my 46 color.”Well, just as I was 47 , I heard her say to the 48 , “You can put those roses back. I really couldnt 49 them.” I turned around and asked her if she would allow me to get them for her. She 50 her head and said, “Why would you want to do that? You

51、 51 dont have to.” I replied that I just wanted to especially since she 52 them so much. She still seemed hesitant so I told her that she would be doing me a great kindness if she would 53 me to gift them to her.With tears in her eyes, she 54 and said, “I really do love them. Thank you.”On the way h

52、ome I was reminded of a 55 I had heard decades ago and Ive loved it ever since. The song is Bread and Roses. Its a 56 song on many levels and reminds us that we all need food, but we all also need 57 .A line from this song fits this 58 perfectly, I thought. It reads: “ 59 starve as well as bodies. G

53、ive us 60 , but give us roses, too.”41. A. calming down B. checking out C. packing up D. hanging around42. A. goods B. bag C. customers D. basket43. A. roses B. cakes C. items D. drinks44. A. caught B. suggested C. had D. sensed45. A. suffering B. smiling C. hesitating D. bargaining46. A. favorite B

54、. suitable C. attractive D. similar47. A. entering B. leaving C. responding D. wandering48. A. companion B. manger C. cashier D. stranger49. A. drop B. enjoy C. store D. afford50. A. shook B. turned C. nodded D. moved51. A. probably B. sincerely C. certainly D. finally52. A. needed B. considered C.

55、studied D. loved53. A. ask B. invite C. force D. allow54. A. cheered B. agreed C. refuse D. insisted55. A. song B. play C. book D. film56. A. noisy B. beautiful C. funny D. new57. A. peace B. power C. beauty D. medicine58. A. situation B. position C. style D. standard59. A. Bodies B. Brains C. Eyes

56、D. Hearts60. A. money B. time C. bread D. chance第 卷注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第二节 语篇填空（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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science. 61 (build) over 2, 200 years ago in what is no

57、w Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering 62 (achieve) is still used today.In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands 63 (suffer) from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River. 64 (help) the victims of the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor

58、, together with his son, decided to find a solution. Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally. 65 (good) still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making 66 suit

59、able for farming.Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live 67 (peaceful). Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dams 68 the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flo

60、w through the Minjiang River naturally, 69 (enable) ecosystem and fish populations to exist 70 harmony.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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注