湖南省长郡中学2012届高三英语第五次月考试题【会员独享】

1、PAGE PAGE 11用心 爱心 专心长郡中学2012届高三月考试卷（五）英 语 试 题（考试范围：M15，高考全部内容）本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读和书面表达。时量120分钟。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

2、 and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.You will hear each conversation TWICE.Conversation 11How much does the large bag cost now?AFive dollars.BFourteen dollars.CFifteen dollars. 2When is the bag on sale?A

3、This week.BThis month.CThis season.Conversation 2 3Where is the woman going to ?ASpain.BHawaii.CBarcelona.4What is the woman going to do there?ASpend a holiday.BVisit a friend.CBe on business.Conversation 35What comes to Susannes mind when the man mentions the word “transportation”?ABicycle.BAutomob

4、ile.CLorry-car.6What ship did Susanne take from London to New York?AThe Old President Wilson.BThe Pacific.CThe Queen Mary.Conversation 47Whats the trouble with the man？AHe has a headache.BHe has a stomachache.CHe cant fall asleep. 8What food does Mary think may have problems?AThe pizza.BThe salad.CT

5、he oil. 9What will the man do next?ASee the doctor.BTake some medicine.CLie down for a while.Conversation 510When is the woman supposed to hand in the paper?AOn Tuesday morning.BOn Wednesday morning.COn Thursday night.11What does the man invite the woman to do on Wednesday?AGo through a term paper.B

6、Go out for a dinner.CSee a great show.12Where will the woman have a party?AAt her apartment.BIn a little restaurant.CAt the mans.Conversation 613What is the man trying to do?ATeach the woman some English.BGet the womans permission to go out.CEncourage the woman to speak English.14Whats the womans pr

7、oblem?AInactive in social activities.BToo shy to open mouth.CNot easy-going enough.15What can we learn about the woman?AShell stay home on Sunday morning.BShes learned English for 2 years.CShes afraid of making mistakes.Section B (7.5 marks)Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage.

8、 Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.You will hear the short passage TWICE.16. of Chinese ClassesPrimary: I: have no previous: 17. of Chinese.II: have previously studied Chinese, a vocabulary of 6

9、00 words.III: have elementary 18. , a vocabulary of about 1,000 words.Middle: I: express themselves well, a vocabulary of about 1,500 wordsII: easily express themselves, a vocabulary of about 19. wordsSenior: I: fluent Chinese speakers, a vocabulary of about 2,200 wordsII: express themselves 20. , a

10、 vocabulary of about 3,500 wordsPart II Language Knowledge(45 marks)Section A (15 marks)Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.21I just dont understand that prevents so many childr

11、en at school from being as happy as one might expect.Awhat it isBwhat is doesCwhat is itDwhy is it22You have agreed to go with me. So why arent you getting ready?But I that you wanted me to start at once.Adont realizeBhadnt realizedChavent realizedDdidnt realize23Ill introduce you a newly-opened sup

12、ermarket you may get all you need.Awhere; thatBwhich; whatCwhere; whatDin which; which24You have made the same mistake again! Cant you be ?Amore careful a bitBcareful a more bitCa bit more carefulDa bit careful more25The film youd like to quickly wont be ready until tomorrow morning.Ahave developBha

13、ve developedChave to developDhave to be developed26Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true it comes to classroom tests.AbeforeBasCsinceDwhen27I havent finished my essay because the computer broke down when I was downloading the required data last ni

14、ght.Really! You could have turned to me. I mine.Adidnt useBwont useChadnt usedDwasnt using28Reading provides the mind only with materials of knowledge, it is thinking that makes we read ours.AthatBwhatCwhichDit29The speech tomorrow in our school has been cancelled due to the terrible weather.Ato del

15、iverBdeliveredCbeing deliveredDto be delvered30To make believe that there was still someone in the house, the housewife went downstairs, the lights in the living room.Aleft; burnetBleaving; burningCleft; being burntDleaving; burnt31It is required that under no circumstances betray ourselves even if

16、there are temptations like money or beauty.Awe willBshould weCwe shallDwe should32Each day is a gift, and my eyes open, Ill focus on the new day and all the happy memories Ive stored away.Aas well asBas much asCas long asDas far as33The task is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can make it

17、? my partner have a try? I think she is the right person to do it.AWillBMightCShouldDShall34Changsha a sharp increase in the number of donating blood volunteers in the past few years.Ahas seenBsawChas been seenDwas seen35Why didnt you come to the English party? We were very disappointed.Sorry, I , b

18、ut I had an unexpected visitor.Awould like haveBwould like toCwould like to haveDwould likeSection B(18 marks)Directions: For each blank 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.I took up skydiv

19、ing in my twenties. At the time the accident happened, Id done just 30 jumps. The airfield was quiet when I 36 . On board were Chris, who was taking a tourist, and Ants, the cameraman. Chris indicated I should exit first and the other three would 37 . Later I knew it was this 38 that saved my life.A

20、t 12,000 feet Chris rolled up the door and nodded that it was time for my exit. I put my foot on a step just beside the door, and in an instand the propeller blast (螺旋桨气流) threw me against the side of the plane, half in, half out. I pushed and got my other leg out of the door, but in doing so I foun

21、d myself 39 down the body of the plane towards the tail. My parachute (降落伞) got caught and my 40 and legs were pushed backwards, powerless, in the strong wind.I was strangely 41 To a skydiver, being at 12,000 feet is a good thingAltitude is your friend；being close to the ground is deadly and will ki

22、ll youAnts appeared and moved slowly towards me, his legs held by Chris in the doorAnts reached out and got hold of my footWith the weight partly off, I found myself falling away from the plane, 42 freedI waved and smiled to indicate I was fineIt was actually very 43 If any one of a number of factor

23、s had been different, I would have 44 I could have hit the plane with my headIf I had been the last to exit, the pilot alone would have been unable to free me, and even if he had been aware that I was 45 underneath the plane, he would still have had to land at some pointBlue Skies, Black Death is th

24、e skydivers mantra （咒语）On the one hand, theres the freedom and 46 of the open skyBut in order to 47 this joy, you must accept that there is usually only one result if something goes wrong36AjumpedBarrivedCwoke Ddove37Afollow BescapeCleave Dfly38Atrouble BeffortCchance Ddecision40Abody BarmsChead Dfi

25、ngers41Afrightened BanxiousCexcited Dcalm42Areally BhopefullyCcertainly Dfinally43Afunny BordinaryCclear Dserious44Adied BlaughedCstopped Dreturned45Acovered BadjustedCattached Dconnected46Apride BconfidenceCexcitement Dwillingness47Aobserve BexperienceCimagine Ddiscover Section C (12 marks)Directio

26、ns: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.A group of robbers dug their way into the basement of a bank in Paris and emptied almost 200 private safes(保险箱).They entered the Credit Lyonnais branch using building equipment to dig holes and destr

27、oy walls 48. Saturday night. They tied up a security guard and spent 49. next nine hours robbing the bank.One investigator described the robbery 50. a “professional job”. The robbers came in at about 22:00 on Saturday51. left at 07:00 on Sunday. They entered through the basements of the neighbouring

28、 building, digging through a series of tunnels and making a hole into a wall of 80 cm thick to get into the bank, 52. was having building works at the time. When53. left, the robbers set the place on fire to remove any trace of evidence, switching on the anti-fire system and flooding the building. F

29、ortunatcly, the guard escaped unharmed. 54. is difficult to estimate the total value of what 55. as only the banks clients(储户) know the content of their private safes.Part III Reading comprehension (30 marks)Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions

30、 or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.AIncreasingly over the last few years, we have become familiar with the range of small electronic devices or “smart” accessories （附

31、件,饰品 ）Pocket heart -rate monitors for joggers and electronic maps are just the first examples of many new products that promise to change our lives in all sorts of surprising waysAs a scientist at New York UniversityRosalind Picard tries out different smart accessories before they go on the marketOn

32、e of these was the so-called frown （皱眉）headbandRosalind was shocked to realize just how often she frownedStuck in a traffic jam recently, Rosalind kept hearing the sounds of the tiny sensor inside the band worn around her forehead -each time she frowned in annoyance, the sensor gave out a signalAnot

33、her computer scientist , Stevcn Feiner, is working on a pair of glasses that will do more than help you to see Imagine you want to try a restaurant in a foreign city but youre not familiar with the dishes on the menu If you are wearing a pair of Stevens glasses all you have to do is glance above the

34、 restaurants doorway and your glasses will immediately become windows to the Internet, offering you full details of the meals served insideThe glasses could also be used to help people make speeches, give chefs access to the latest recipes and even provide doctors with patient information while they

35、 carry out operationsAt the moment, Stevens invention looks more like a large ski mask than a pair of glassesIts a headset connected to a hand-held computer and a Global Positioning System （ GPS ） receiver, which tracks the wearers positionBut he says that these head-worn displays will eventually ge

36、t smaller and lighter as technology improvesAnd, of course, this new technology has a fashionable as well as a useful applicationA chemical engineer named Roben Langer has invented a new microchip that, if put inside a ring, can give off different smells according to a persons moodThat, of course, m

37、ay or may not appeal to youAnd, in the end , it is shoppers not scientists , who will determine which of these smart accessories will succeed as fashionable items and which are sure to join historys long list of crazy inventionsIt is clear, however ,that as computers get smaller and cheaperLhcy will

38、 pop up in all sorts of easily-wearable accessories even in the buttons on your coatWhats marc, this is something thats going to happen a lot sooner than we all expect56When Rosalind wore the headband, she was surprised at .Ahow well the sensor worked Bhow she was affected by trafficChow strong the

39、signal was Dhow uncomfortable it was57 For people eating out, Steven s glasses can ,Agive them a restaurants locationBlet them see a restaurants environmentCinform them about a restaurants menuDtell them about a restaurants quality58What is the current problem with Stevens glasses?ALimited function

40、BInconvenienceCHigh cost DPoor Internet access59In general, what does the writer think about smart accessories?AThey will soon be widely availableBMuch more research is needed into themCOnly a few of them will appeal to shoppersDMost of them are considered to be crazy inventions60Whats the writers p

41、urpose in writing this passage?ATo advertise some smart access onesBTo tell interesting stories about smart accessoriesCTo argue that smart accessories are fashionableDTo introduce the idea of smart accessoriesBOne of the main challenges facing many countries is how to maintain their identity in the

42、 face of globalization and the growing multi-language trend“One of the main reasons for economic failure in many African countries is the fact that, with a few important exceptions, mother-tongue education is not practiced in any of the independent African states said Neville AlexanderDoctor of the

43、Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa at the University of Cape TownIn response to the spread of English and the increased multi-language trends arising from Immigration many countries have introduced language laws in the laws in the last decade In some ,the use of languages

44、 other than the national language is banned in public spaces such as advertising posters One of the first such legal provisions was the 1994 Toubon law in Francebut the idea has been copied in many countries since thenSuch efforts to govern language use are often dismissed as futile by language expe

45、rts who are well aware of the difficulty of controlling fashions in speech and know from research that language switching among bilinguals is a natural processIt is especially difficult for native speakers of English to understand the desire to maintain the purity of a language by law Since the time

46、 of Shakespeare English has continually absorbed foreign words into its own languageEnglish is one of the most mixed and rapidly changing languages in the worldBut the has not been a barrier to acquiring prestige and powerAnother reason for the failure of many native English speakers to understand t

47、he role of state regulation is that it bas never been the Anglo-Saxon way of doing thingsEnglish has never had a state-controlled authority for the language, similar, for example, to the Academie Francaise in FranceThe need to protect national languages is, for most western Europeans, a recent pheno

48、menon- especially the need to ensure that English does not unnecessarily take over too many fieldsPublic communication, education and new modes of communication promoted by technology, may be key fields to defend61Neville Alexander believes that Amother-tongue education is not practiced in all Afric

49、an countries Black of mother-tongue education can lead to economic failure Cglobalization has led to the rise of multi-language trends Dglobalization has resulted in the economic failure of Africa62 The underlined word futile （in paragraph 2） most probably means _ Auseless Bpractical Cworkable Dnece

50、ssary53Why do many English-speaking; countries not support the language protection efforts described in the passage? AThey think language protection laws are ineffective BThey want their language to spread to other countries CThey have a long history of taking words from other languages DIt reduces

51、a languages ability to acquire international importance64What can we infer from the last paragraph? AEnglish has taken over fields like public communication and education BEuropeans have long realized the need to protect their national Languages CMost language experts believe it is important to prom

52、ote a national language DMany aspects of national culture are threatened by the spread of English65The best title for the passage is AFighting against the rule of English BGlobalization and multi-language trends CProtecting local languages and identities Dto maintain the purity of language by lawCEv

53、eryone gathered around and Paddy read out loud, slowly, his tone growing sadder and sadderThe little headline said: BOXER RECEIVFS LIFF SENTENCEFrank Cleary, aged 26,professional boxer, was today found guilty of the murder of Albert Cumming, aged 32,laborer ,last JulyThe jury （陪审团）reached its decisi

54、on after only ten minutes, recommending the most sever punishment the court could give outIt was, said the judge, a simple caseCumming and Cleary had quarreled violently at the Harbour Hotel on July 23rd and police saw Cleary kicking at the head of the unconscious Cumming When arrested, Cleary was d

55、runk but clear-thinkingCleary was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour Asked if he had anything to say , Cleary answered，“Just dont tell my mother”It happened over three years ago, Paddy said helplessly No one answered him or moved, for no one knew what to do“Just dont tell my mother,” sa

56、id Fee numblyAnd no one did! OhGod! My poor, poor Frank!Paddy wiped the tears from his face and said “Fee dear, pack your thingsWell go to see himShe half-rose before sinking back, her eyes in her small white face stared as if deadI cant go she said without a hint of pain, yet making everyone feel t

57、hat the pain was there It would kill him to see meI know him so well - his pride, his ambitionLet him bear the shame alone, its what he wants Weve got to help him keep his secret What good will it do him to see us? Paddy was still weepingbut not for Frank, for the life which had gone from Fees face,

58、 for the dying in her eyesFrank had always brought bitterness and misfortune ,always stood between Fee and himself He was the cause of her withdrawal from his hart and the hearts of his children Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away But Paddys love for her w

59、as as deep and impossible to wipe out as hers was for FrankSo he said Well, Fee, we wont goBut we must make sure he is taken care of How about if Iwrite to Father Jones and ask him to look out for Frank?The eyes didnt liven , but a faint pink stole into her cheeks “Yes, Paddy, do that. Only make sur

60、e he knows not to tell Frank we found outPerhaps it would ease Frank to think for certain that we dont know”66Which of the following is true according to the passage? AFrank was found guilty of murder because he was a professional boxer BThe family didnt find out what happened to Frank until three y