重庆南开中学2010届高三上学期12月月考英语试题

重庆南开中学高2010届2009—2010学年度
高三上期12月月考英语试题
本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。

共150分。

考试用时l20分钟。

第I卷(三部分共115分)
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题；每小题l.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l0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。

1. What are they doing?
A. Shopping.
B. Telephoning.
C. Having a meeting.
2. How much time is given to complete the test?
A. 15 minutes.
B. 30 minutes.
C. 1 hour.[来源:Z§xx §]
3. Where is the conversation most probably taking place?
A. At a car dealer's.
B. At a newspaper office.
C. At a publishing house.
4. What problem has the man got?
A. He doesn't know how to use the machine.
B. He can't find a place to get a drink.
C. He has no money to buy a drink.
5. What do we learn from this conversation?
A. The man goes to a wrong check-in counter.
B. The man has just missed his flight.
C. The plane's departure time remains unknown.
第二节(共12小题；每小题l.5分，满分l8分)
听下面4段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，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。

每段对话读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. How does the woman learn to speak English so well?
A. She has many English friends.
B. She was once in the Language College.
C. She listens to English programs everyday.
7. How long has the woman learned English?
A. Three days.
B. Three months.
C. Three years.
请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. When was Flight 962 originally due to arrive?
A. 9:35.
B. 10:05.
C. 10:35.
9. Why was the flight delayed?
A. It had to make a stop in Chicago.
B. The plane had engine trouble.
C. The weather in Chicago was bad.
10. Why was the man's wife in Boston?
A. There was something wrong with the plane.
B. The dialogue does not tell us.
C. She went home for a visit.
请听第8段材料，回答第11至l3题。

11. What does the woman intend to need?
A. An oil change.
B. A complete check.
C. A full service.
12. What doesn't the full check of fluids include?
A. The oil filter.
B. Power steering.
C. Radiator.
13. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The car will run 3,000 miles after the oil change.
B. The woman received the service at a discount price.
C. The service will last as long as at least 30 minutes.
请听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. Who is the man?
A. A friend.
B. A teacher.
C. Father.
15. Where did the woman live three months ago?
A. In her own house.
B. In a student house.
C. With a family.
16. What is the woman's problem in studying?
A. The course is too difficult.
B. The computer room is busy.
C. The student house is too noisy.
17. What can we know about the man from the conversation?
A. Talkative.
B. Helpful.
C. Curious:
第三节(共3小题；每小题l.5分，满分4.5分)
听下面独白。

将第l8至第20三个小题的信息补充完整，每小题不超过三个单词。

听本段独白前，你将有l5秒钟时间阅读下面三个小题。

听完后，你将有l5秒钟的作答时间。

本段独白读两遍。

Where A(big) city bank
How long he can daydream[来源:学,科,网] Nearly(18) a week
What to need more[来源:学科网] (19)
When to open every day At 9 o’clock
How the work is like (20)
What he enjoys Daydreaming
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分)
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. --How do you find your missing pencil?[来源:学,科,网]
-- .
A. It writes well
B. Quite by accident[来源:学科网
ZXXK]
C. It lies in my drawer
D. It was kept by my grandmother
22. It is reported that keeping healthy diet can be fun.
A. a; /
B. the; a
C. a; the
D./.; /
23. Alice is one of the students who I am sure always best in most difficult situations.
A. do her
B. do their
C. does her
D. does their
24. We are looking forward to the holidays when we'll be tr aveling camels
the Sahara Desert.
A. by; across
B. by; through
C. on; through
D. on; over
25. Our game of badminton was interrupted. We for about half when my partner was sent
for by my boss.
A. played
B. has played
C. were playing
D. had been playing
26. It is said that people are likely to tell lies over the phone as they are in emails.
A. as twice
B. twice as
C. twice more
D. twice than
27. --If we take a plane, we'll of course have arrived in Paris by the next weekend.
--Don't be sure, we should the weather factor. What shall we do if it's foggy?
A. leave alone
B. take account of
C. leave behind
D. take advantage of
28. Despite the fact that I've been told about the local people's attitude to strangers, under no
circumstances
any rudeness.
A. I had met
B. I met
C. had I met
D. did I meet
29. The moment Leo will never forget is Mr. Green gave him a lot of valuable
advice on how to improve his writing.
A. that; when
B. that; that
C. when; that
D. when; where
30. ---Our holiday cost a lot of money.
--It doesn't matter you enjoyed yourselves.
A. unless
B. as long as
C. as soon as
D. until
31. The word "media" basically refers to we commonly call newspapers, magazines,
radios
and televisions.
A. which
B. that
C. where
D. what
32. It's a little surprising that a house made of wood or bamboo may stay up in an earthquake, while
made of steel and concrete may fall down.
A. it
B. what
C. what
D. one
33. --I am afraid I can not tell you anything about the plan.
--But it is important that you .
A. helped
B. will help
C. should help
D. shall help
34. where to stand, and I'll move the world.
A. Given
B. If given
C. Give me
D. Giving me
35. --Jackson was late for Mr. Black's literature class this morning.
-- ? As far as I know, he never came late to class.
A. So what
B. How come
C. Why not
D. What for
第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每小题l．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55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。

John's parents got the washer when he was a teenager. His family never owned a washing machine.
Since gasoline was expensive, trips to the laundry several miles away were far 36 their power to afford. Keeping clothes clean 37 most of young John's spare time.
A family friend joined the army and his wife 38 to go with him. John's family 39 to
store their furniture while they were away. 40 , the friend suggested they use their Bendix and this
was how they 41 the washer.
The machine was eventually 42 to John's house, and-across the years with it, he 43 a love for the old, green Bendix. But finally the war ended. When the family took the Bendix back, John grew terribly 44 . His mother 45 him, saying, "You must remember, the machine never belonged to us 46 . That we ever got to use it at all was a gift. So, instead of being mad at it being taken 47 , let's use the 48 to be grateful that we had it at all."
The lesson turned out 49 . Years later, John watched his eight-year-old daughter die a slow and painful death of leukemia (白血病). Though 50 , John couldn't begin getting over from the 51 . Then the memory of the old Bendix came as a great 52 .
His daughter was a 53 . When he realized that simple fact, everything changed. He could now begin recovering from the death of his daughter. He started to see her as a marvelous gift that he was fortunate enough to 54 for a time. He felt 55 . He found strength and recovery. He knew he could get through the valley of loss.
36. A. beyond B. over C. within D. below
37. A. took B. cost C. occupied D. spent
38. A. prepared B. managed C. desired D. appealed
39. A. promised B. expected C. decided D. offered
40. A. In turn B. In return C. In addition D. In place
41. A. used B. acquired C. bought D. borrowed
42. A. attached B. burdened C. conveyed D. loaded
43. A. achieved B. reduced C. developed D. produced
44. A. confused B. hopeless C. frightened D. upset
45. A. taught B. explained C. comforted D. encouraged
46. A. at the first B. in the first place C. first of all D. for the first time
47. A. out B. away C. up D. down
48. A. chance B. treasure C. event D. success
49. A. reasonable B. necessary C. worthless D. valuable
50. A. missing B. forgetting C. struggling D. thinking
51. A. illness B. difficulty C. loss D. lesson
52. A. delivery B. relief C. hope D. profit
53. A. gift B. washer C. death D. loser
54. A. share B. spend C. live D. earn
55. A. eager B. energetic C. grateful D. curious
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项。

A[来源:]
A good hearing memory will help your child do better in school. Your child's hearing ability is normal. Yet, he may seem to be very poor at remembering and understanding what he's heard at school.
Why should this be? It's because he's not using his hearing ability to help him remember and understand what he's been taught.
Some children get into the habit of learning and remembering things by what they hear. They've got good hearing memories. Other children find it easier to learn and remember things by what they see. They've got good seeing memories. Some children have equally good ability at both seeing and hearing in learning things. Others, less fortunate, seem to have poor bearing and seeing memories. Most children, I'd say, unknowing ly prefer one method over the other for learning and remembering.
But this favoring of one sense over the other is a bad habit and deprives (使……不能) the child of the full use of his natural senses.
Mrs Alien was clearly incredulous when I told her there was nothing wrong with her son's hearing. "But he never seems to really understand what he hears, that's what his teachers tell me," she said.
"My psychological examination of William shows he's weak in his hearing memory," I said, "but he has perfectly normal intelligence and can learn in school."
"Our family doctor examined William and he says the boy's hearing was all right. So, that proves you're right on that point," admitted Mrs Alien. "So how can we help him? My husband and I will do anything you say, Dr. Dursteln."
"You can do a lot to improve William's hearing memory, but it'll take time. You must be patient and not expect results immediately." I cautioned.
I suggested a detailed program for the parents to use at home. I told Mrs Alien to come back and see me every two weeks so that I could guide her in any problem she had in using my program.
56. Those who have poor hearing memories .
A. can not hear sounds clearly
B. are poor at remembering and understanding what they have learned
C. are poor at learning things by what they have heard
D. have the habit of learning things by what they have heard of
57. The author suggested that Mrs Alien try some ways .
A. to train her son's hearing memory
B. to make use of her son's natural senses
C. to make good use of what her son heard
D. to understand the trouble in which her son was involved
58. In Paragraph 5, the underlined word "incredulous" means .
A. unbelieving
B. believable
C. believing
D. incredible
59. Which of the following is true?
A. Good hearing memory will not help your child do better in school.
B. Some children get into the habit of learning and remembering things by what they hear.
C. The favoring of one sense over the other is not a bad habit.
D. The author didn't suggest a detailed program for the parents to use at home with William.
B
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60. This is an advertisement of .
A. investigating English learning
B. setting Open University
C. selling books
D. attracting students
61. As a student of the Open University, you don't need to .
A. have a power of learning
B. have lessons all the time at the university[来源:Z#xx#]
C. choose which course to learn
D. pay any money for your study
62. We can learn from the text that .
A. OU courses are popular in Britain
B. money for learning must be paid off at one time
C. we can't telephone the university during the night
D. people can't be employed without finishing OU courses
C
The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.
The most widespread fallacy(谬误) of all is that colds caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not, And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.
During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.
In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz Concentration Camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.
If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is relieve the symptoms.
63. The writer offered examples to support his argument.
A.4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 3
64. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage?
A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.
B. Colds are not caused by cold.
C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors. . .
D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.
65. Arctic explorers may catch colds when .
A. they are working in the isolated arctic regions
B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather
C. they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions
D. they are coining into touch again with the outside world
66. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit .
A. suffered a lot
B. never caught colds
C. often caught colds
D. became very strong
67. The passage mainly discusses .
A. the experiments on the common cold
B. the fallacy about the common cold
C. the reason and the way people catch colds
D. the continued spread of common colds
D
Since we are soci al beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human conditions is our possibility to give and receive support from one another under stressful conditions. Social support makes up of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to deal with major life changes and daily problems. People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over types of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, show that the presence of social support helps people defend themselves against illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely.
Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives and co-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others in spite of our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Taking part in free-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting(转移注意力) us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support -- money aid, material resources, and needed services – that reduces stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems.
68. Interpersonal relationships are important because they can .
A. make people live more easily
B. smooth away daily problems
C. deal with life changes
D. cure types of illnesses
69. The researches show that people's physical and mental health .
A. lies in the social medical care systems which support them
B. has much to do with the amount of support they get from others
C. depends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troubles
D. is related to their courage for dealing with major life changes[来源:学科网]
70. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word "cushions"?
A. takes place of
B. makes up of
C. relieves the effect of
D. gets rid of
71. What is the subject discussed in the text?
A. Interpersonal relationships.
B. Kinds of social support.
C. Ways to deal with stress.
D. Effects of stressful conditions.
E
The word "conservation" has a thrifty (节俭) meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such good condition that others may also share the enjoyment.
Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials; most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were "limitless" and "inexhaustible". Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about the complicated, and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.
Fifty years ago nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; timber was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long term climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word "conservation" had nothing of the meaning that it has for us today.
For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about repairing the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should, therefore, be made a part of everyone's daily life. To know about the water table in the ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic arithmetic formulas. We need to know why all watersheds need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must be made to benefit the soil fully before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We need to know the importance of big, mature trees, because living space for most of man's fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic volume above the earth. In brief, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.
72. The author's attitude towards the present situation in the use of natural resources is .
A. positive
B. neutral
C. suspicious
D. criti cal
73. According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that .
A. they had no idea about scientific forestry
B. they had little or no sense of environmental protection
C. they did not know the importance of nature study
D. they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials
74. With a view to correcting the mistakes of our forefathers, the author suggests that .
A. we plant more trees
B. we be taught environmental science, as well as the science of plants
C. environmental education be directed toward everyone
D. we return to nature
75. What does the author imply by saying "living space is figured also in cubic volume above the
earth" (Paragraph 3 ) ?
A. Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller in volume.
B. Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.
C. We need to take some measures to protect space in volume.
D. We must create better living conditions for both birds and animals.
第Ⅱ卷(共35分)
第四部分：(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分)
此题要求改正以下短文中的错误：
该行多一词：把多余的词用下划线( __)划出，并用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，
并也用斜线划掉。

该行缺一词：在缺词处加一个漏字符(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

该行错一词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

【格式图例】：A
A B ∧C 2. D
A B C 3. E
What a long winter vacation! I stay at home doing nothing except
76. homework every day as a robot. One day, an idea occurred to me,
77.
[来源:学&科&网]
"Why not to find a part-time job to learn something new?"
78.
The next morning, after visiting many of shops, I was lucky
79.
enough to find one in small but pretty cake shop. When a
80.
tired-looking old man came in to buy a cake, I immediate
81.
helped him sat down in a chair and then brought him the cake.
82.
After he paid for them, I said thanks to him. He looked so
83.
happy that he praised me with a satisfying smile. From this,
84.
I learned: "Be good to others or they'll be good to you."
85.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
如今世界粮食短缺，价格飞涨，给部分地区造成社会动荡。

假设在你校开展的研究性学习中，你们小组以“World Food Crisis o”为题进行研究，现在请你代表你们小组向全体同学简要介绍你们的研究成果。

主要内容如下：
1．气候变化，造成粮食减产
2．工业发展，城市化加速，耕地减少
3．世界能源价格上涨，使用粮食生产生物燃料你如何做出自己的贡献
注意：1．内容包括以上要点，但不要逐句翻译
2．字数100左右，文章开头已提供，不计入总词数
3．参考词汇：城市化urbanization 生物燃料biofuels
Hello, everyone,
Now I'll tell you something about our research project The World Food Crisis on behalf of our group. As you know, food shortages have hit many countries in the world and even caused social unrest in some areas.
参考答案
听力: 1--5ABBCC 6--10CCACB 11--15.AABBC 16--17BB
18. 40 hours 19. Organization 20. Easy and automatic
单选: 21--25 AABCD 26--30 BBDAB 31--35 DDCCB
完型: ACADB BCCDC BBADC CBAAC
阅读: P1: CAAB P2: DBA P3: BCDAC P4: ABCA P5: DBCD
改错: 76. stay-stayed 77. as-like 78. 删去第一个to 79. 删去of 80. in-in a 81. immediate-immediately 82. sat-sit 83. them-it 84. satisfying-satisfied 85.or-and
作文:
(One possible version)
Hello, everyone,
Now I'll tell you something about our research project The World Food Crisis on behalf of our group. As you know, food shortages have hit many countries in the world and even caused social unrest in some areas.
First, annual world grains output has declined because of climate change. Then lots of farmland has been lost due to the rapid development of industry and urbanization. Besides, faced with the rising energy prices, people have turned to the production of biofuels, which has worsened the severe situation.
Then what should we do to deal with the problem? On one hand, we should focus on the environmental protection and improve the ecology. On the other hand, strict measures should be taken to protect farmland.
As for me, I will call on the people around me to live thriftily. And for the moment, I think, we should study hard to develop science and help solve the food shortage in the future.
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