广东省中山市杨仙逸中学2016届高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷Word版无答案.doc
高三英语月考试题及答案-新课标Ⅱ第四辑2016届高三上学期第二次月考
新课标Ⅱ第四辑2016届高三上学期第二次月考英语试题注意事项：本试卷共4页，答题卡共1页。
满分150分，考试时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷（共100分）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。
1. What do we know about the woman?A. She prefers to study at home.B. She spends much time in library.C. She is always the last one to go home.2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A mayor.B. A speech.C. An article.3. When will the woman’s flyi ng class begin on Tuesday?A. At 9:00.B. At 8:00.C. At 7:30.4. Where are the cash machines?A. Opposite a bankB. Next to an Internet cafe.C. Outside a department store.5. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Take some medicine.B. Drink plenty of hot water.C. Have hot vinegar with honey.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，并标在试卷的相应位置。
广东省中山市杨仙逸中学2015-2016学年高一英语上学期期中试题
杨仙逸中学2015-2016学年上学期中段考试卷高一英语本试卷共8页，三部分，满分120分。
考试用时100分钟。
第一部分阅读理解 (共两节，满分30分)第一节 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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。
ＡWhen friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy, it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?”，they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my w ife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect st amps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together.Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us, we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost---no television!---So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full ---they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games.1.The couple have not got a television, because （） .A. they are not rich enoughB. they are strange peopleC. they enjoy spending evenings in their own waysD. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts2.Both of them are interested in （） .A. learning languagesB. travelingC. staying home aloneD. watching people play games3 .At night when there is no electricity, the couple .A. have to stare at the wallsB. can do nothing but sit in silenceC. will have many visitorsD. have to go out for candles4.The best title for this passage is _____.A. Why Do We Need a Television?B. Candle! But No Electricity!C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies.D. We Go Without Televisions!BA sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roads.Number one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign, they must not go at more than thirty kilometers an hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number two is a sign that we’re near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number three is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go round a bend very fast. Number four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. Thereis a junction at this place. Number five is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number seven has the word “SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number eight is a sign with the letter “P” on it. The letter “P” means “Parking”. At some places, there’re the signs “No parking” or “No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs,a policeman may come and write down the number of his car.5.At the places where you see Sign 1, ________.A. you are already out of a townB. you still have thirty kilometers to goC. there must be a town thirty kilometers awayD. there must be many houses and buildings not far away6.You have to drive not only slowly but also carefully when you find________.A. each of the eight signsB. either of Signs 2 and3C. all of Signs 3, 5, 6 and 7D. any of Signs 3, 5, 6 and77.A driver can leave his car________.A. near Sign 8 at any timeB. near a sign with “No parking” on itC. near a sign with “No waiting” if there’re no police thereD. near a sign with “P” on it in the daytimeCHaving returned from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station. "The railway owes me￡12,"she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office. "You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night. So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel. It cost me ￡12."Harry was worried. He remembered selling the woman a return ticket. "Come into the office, Madam," he said politely. "I’ll just check the Jersey timetable(时间表) for May 22nd."The woman and her little girl followed him inside. She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered. There was no sailing on May 22nd. How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn‘t have sold her a ticket for that day. Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child. “You look sun-burnt," he said to her. "Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?""Yes," she answered, shyly. "The beach was lovely. And I can swim too!""That’s fine," said Harry. "My little girl can‘t swim a bit yet. Of course, she’s only three…""I‘m four," the child said proudly. "I’ll be four and a half." Harry turned to the mother. "I remember your ticket, Madam," he said. "But you didn‘t get one for your daughter, did you?""Er, well…"the woman looked at the child. "I mean...she hasn’t started school yet. She‘s only four.""A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam. A child’s return ticket to Jersey costs…let me see…￡13.50. So if the railway pays your hotel, you will owe￡1.50. The law is the law, but since the fault（过错）was mine…"The woman stood up, took the child‘s hand and left the office.8. Why was the woman angry? （）A. She couldn’t use the ticket f or her round trip.B. She had to return home a day earlier than she had planned.C. She spent more money than she had expected.D. Harry had sold her a ticket to Jersey.9.When Harry said, "The law is the law, but since the fault (过错) was mi ne…,"he meant that （）A. they must follow it without other choice, even though the fault was his.B. he had to be strict with the woman because of the law, although he didn’t want to.C. the woman had to pay him￡1.50 and the railway would pay for the hotel.D. she should pay￡1.50, but as he had made a mistake, she could go without paying.10.why did the woman leave the office without saying anything? （）A. She wanted to go home and get money for the child‘s ticket.B. She was so angry that she didn’t want to have anything more to do with the young man.。
新课标Ⅰ2016届高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷(Word版)
第二次月考英语试题【新课标Ⅰ版】第一部分听力(共两节)第一节(共5小题)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。
1. What does the woman want to drink?A. Coffee.B. Water.C. Orange juice.2. Where does the woman want to go?A. To a hotel.B. To a park.C. To Fourth Avenue.3. When will the man‟s train leave?A. At 4:00.B. At 8:30.C. At 6:45.4. What does the woman like?A. Writing a play.B. Going to the theatre.C. Acting a play.5. What were the speakers doing just now?A. Dancing.B. Quarreling.C. Playing games.第二节(共1 5小题)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，并标在试卷的相应位置。
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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Where did the woman meet Ann?A. In China.B. In England.C. In America.7. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Go to the library with him.B. Take a walk in the school.C. Talk with Ann on the Internet.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
广东省中山市杨仙逸中学2016届高三上学期第三次月考英语试题
杨仙逸中学2015～2015学年上学期高三电脑班月考二英语试卷（2015-11）I.补全对话(5小题.共10分)阅读下列简短对话；从A、B、C、D中选出最佳答案，将对话补全.1.W：Tom，thank you so much for doing all this for me.M： _______________.A.I t d o e s n’t m a t t e rB.I t’s m y p l e a s u r eC. It’s my dutyD. Not at all2. W: What time is it by your watch,Carl?M: ________.Ther e's some thing wron g with m y watc h.A. I don’t think soB.All rightC. Excuse meD. I'm sorry3.W：Ex cu s e me，w o ul d y o u pl ea s e te l l m e h ow t o g et t o t h e B el l To w er? M：Sorry,___________.You can ask the policeman over there. ’A.I don’t know youB.I'm going homeC.I don't want itD.I'm a stranger here4.W：Can I help you，sir?M：Yes，I'd like to check out，please.W：——，please.M：5 1 9.A.Your room numberB. Sit downC. Tell me the timeD. Your baggage5. W：Good morning. May I speak to John?M: This is John. _______________?W: This is Kate.A. Who's is that?B. Are you KateC.Who are youD.May I know your name?Ⅱ.词汇与语法 (30小题，共45分)A)从A、B、C、D中选出句中画线的单词或词组的意义.6. We can win if we keep a positive attitude.A. 严肃的B. 明确的C. 积极的D. 认真的7. Health is more important than wealth.A. 财富B. 外表C. 运气D. 才华8. Don’t believe in the advertisement.A. 报纸B. 杂志C. 新闻D. 广告9.The teacher said that he would like to choose an assistant among us.A. 店员B. 助手C. 会计D. 职员10. The driver was not to blame for the accident.A. 表扬B. 批评C. 责备D. 任务1 1. Those in favor of the plan，please raise your hands.A. 制定B. 赞成C. 相信D. 反对1 2. The sailors are asked to get ready by their captain.A. 校长B. 船长C. 室长D. 省长1 3.Unfortunately, the woman had all her money stolen.A. 意外地B. 慢慢地C. 迅速地D. 不幸地14. Whether she is sick or fine, she is always cheerful.A. 哀伤的B. 痛苦的C. 快乐的D. 忙碌的1 5. Nobody could persuade her to change her mind.A. 强迫B. 说服C. 鼓动D. 阻止B)从A、B、C、D中选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案.l 6. If you need a pencil，you can use one of___________.A. mineB. meC. thisD. it17. George is __________ honest man.A. anB. ／C. theD.a1 8 . Mr.Smith wants his son________ a lawyer.A. becomeB. becomingC. will becomeD. to become19.He invited us to dinner, __________ was very kind of himA. thatB. thisC. whatD. which20. Mathematics _________ an important subject taught in the middle school.A. areB. isC. beingD. be21. When _______ whether he was enjoying the food，Jim kept silent.A. askingB. askedC. having askedD. to be asked22. You’ll miss the train___________you hurry up. ‘A. unlessB. asC. whenD. if23. Where possible, we have avoided ___________ technical terms.A. to useB. usingC. usedD. use24._____________ which road to take，we stopped to look at the map.A. Not knowB. Know notC. Not knowingD.Knowing not25. I don’t know him ________ to ask him for help. ’A .enough well B. so well C. too well D. well enough26. The population of China is much larger than____ of Japan.A. thisB. theseC. thatD. those27. We have a _______ repair bill for that badly damaged car.A．five-hundred dollar B. five-hundreds-dollarsC. five-hundreds-dollarD. five-hundred-dollar28. If you see _____ suspicious, please call us as soon as possible.A. nothingB. everythingC. somethingD. anything29. The bus service is very good. There’s a bus _____ ten munutes.A．each B. that C.every D. this30. D id y ou he ar th e n e ws______ a n ew st u de nt w o ul d c om e t o o ur c l as s?A．what B. that C. which D. why31. In his ________, he began to study English.A. thirtiethB. thirtyC. thirtysD. thirties3 2. The work ____________ tomorrow morning.A.i s f i n i s h e dB.c a n f i n i s hC.h a s t o f i n i s hD.w i l l b e f i n i s h e d33. This is one of _______________ interesting books on the subject.A. the mostB. the more C .most D. more34. He does not work hard.That’s ______________ he failed in the exam.A. whichB. howC.whyD. what35. Our room is_________ of theirs．A.t w i c e s i z eB.t w i c e t h e s i z eC.s i z e t w i c eD.t h e t w i c e s i z eI I I.完形填空 (20小题，共30分)Soon it would be the holidays，but before that，there were year exams. All the students had been working 3 6 for some time，reviewing their lessons for the exams.If they did not 37 the exams,they would have to take them again in September.There were 38 a few who failed.but Mary didn't want to be one of them.She had worked hard all year，and just 3 9 the exams she was working so hard that her sister Jenny was 40 about her.Mary went to bed too late.The night before the first exam，Jenny 41 that Mary have an early night a n d t a k e a s l e e p i n g p i l l.J e n n y p r o m i s e d t o w a k e42u p i n t h e m o r n i n g.As she was falling asleep，Mary was afraid that she 43 get up very late.Her 44 kept jumping from subject to subject. At last，with the help of the 45 , she went to sleep. Very soon，she was sitting in the examination hall，looking at the examination 46 ，but she couldn't answer any of the questions.The students around her were 47 sentences andsentences. 48 she thought hard, she couldn’t find 49 to write about. She kept looking at her 50 ，and time was running out.There was only 51 hour to go. She started one question，wrote two sentences， 52 and tried another one.With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences.By this time she was so worried that she started 53 .Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she 54 up. She was still in bed and it had all been a 55 dream.A minute late, Jenny came to wake her up. .36. A. well B. hard C. fast D. out37. A. know B. give C. fail D. pass38. A. extremely B. fortunately ually D.hardly39. A. before B. after C. since D. as40. A. excited B. proud C. worried D. angry4l.A.i n s i s t e d B.u n d e r s t o o d. C.p r e t e n d e d D.c o m p l a i n e d42. A .him B. her C. them D. herself43. A. can B. may C. should D. might44. A.hands B.legs C.mind D. body45.A.students B.exam C.subject D.medicine46.A.result B.marks C.desk D.paper47.A.reading B.writing C.thinking D.learning48.A.Thus B.Although C.So D.But49.A.everything B.something C.anything D.nothing50.A.watch B.pills C.sister D.teacher5 1.A.a B.an C.the D.／52.A.gave up B.pointed out C.walked around D.gave in53.A.checking B.leaving C.copying D.crying54.A.looked B.woke C.stood D.cheered55.A nice B.typical C.terrible D.specialⅣ.阅读理解(20小题，共40分)阅读下列短文，并做短文后的题目。
广东省中山市杨仙逸中学高二英语下学期期中试题
2014-2015学年度下学期杨仙逸中学中段考试题高二英语本试卷共12页，满分150分。
考试用时120分钟。
第一部分语言知识及应用（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)Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers. Then again, teenagers have __1__ feelings about their parents, saying that it is not easy living with them. According to a recent research, the most common __2__ between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks. On the one hand, parents go mad over __3__ rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children's refusal to help with the __4__. On the other hand, teenagers lose their patience continually when parents blame them for __5__ the towel in the bathroom, not cleaningup their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that different parents have different __6__ to these problems. However, some approaches are more__7__ than others. For example, those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness, but __8__ clean the room for them, have fewer chances of changing their children's __9__. On the contrary, those who let teenagers experience the__10__of their actions can do better. For example, when teenagers who don't helptheir parents with the shopping don't find their favourite drink in the refrigerator,they are forced to __11__ their actions.Psychologists say that __12__is the most important thing in parentchild relationships. Parents should __13__to their children but at the same time they should lend an ear to what they have to say. Parents may __14__their children whenthey are untidy but they should also understand that their room is their own private space. Communication is a twoway process. It is only by listening to and __15__each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.1. A. natural B. strong C. guilty D. similar2. A. interest B. argument C. link D. knowledge3. A. noisy B. crowded C. messy D. locked4. A. homework B. housework C. problem D. research5. A. washing B. using C. dropping D. replacing6. A. approaches B. contributions C. introductions D. attitudes7. A. complex B. popular C. scientific D. successful8. A. later B. deliberately C. seldom D. thoroughly9. A. behavior B. taste C. future D. nature10. A. failures B. changes C. consequences D. thrills11. A. defend B. delay C. repeat D. reconsider12. A. communication B. bond C. friendship D. trust13. A. reply B. attend C. attach D. talk14. A. hate B. scold C. frighten D. stop15. A. loving B. observing C. understanding D. praising第二节: 语法填空（共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分）：A park officer noticed Sam consistently caught more fish than anyone else. While other guys caught only three or four a day, Sam’s boat was always full 16 fish. The officer, curious, asked Sam his secret. The 17 (success) fisherman invited the officer to accompany him and observe. So the next morning they took o ff in Sam’s boat and the officer got ready to see 18 it was done. Sam’s approach was simple. He took out a stick of dynamite(炸药), lit it, and threw it in the air. The explosion rocked the lake with such a force 19 dead fish immediately began to surface. Sam took out a net and started taking 20 up.The officer, after 21 (recover) from the shock, began yelling at Sam. “You can’t do this! It’s illegal!” Sam, meanwhile, took out another stick of dynamite. He lit it and 22 (drop) it in the officer’s lap with these words, “Are you going to sit there all day complaining, 23 are you going to fish?”The poor officer was left with 24 fast decision to make. He had suddenly been transformed from an observer to a participant. A 25 (choose) had to be made quickly and with a sigh of regret he threw out the stick and waited for the explosion.第二部分阅读 (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）AIt was Thanksgiving morning．1 was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang．I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step．“Any old papers，lady?”asked one of them．I was busy．1 wanted to say“no”until I looked down at their feet．They were wearing thin little sandals (凉鞋)，wet with heavy snow．“Come in and I … I make you a cup of hot cocoa．”They walked over and sat down at the table．Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor．I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside．Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking．The silence in the front room struck me．I looked in．The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it．The boy asked in a flat voice．“Lady, are you rich? ”“Am I rich? Pity, not!”I looked at my worn-out slipcovers (椅套)．The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟) carefully and said，“Your cups match your saucers．”They left after that，holding their papers against the wind．They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful．Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence．But they matched．I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup．Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads，my man with a regular job，these matched，too．I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room．The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor．Let them be for a while，I thought，just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am．26．The writer let the two children come in and served them well because __________.A．she wanted to sell old papers to themB．she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving partyC．she showed great pity and care on themD．she wanted them to help her prepare turkey27．The writer had thought she wasn't rich because________．A．she ate potatoes and meat soupB．her family life supplies were not expensive．C．her cups and saucers were only worth 5 penceD．her husband had a regular job28．The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to __________.A．show that she was a kind-hearted 1adyB．remind her that she shouldn’t forget how rich she wasC．1eave room for readers to think about what being rich isD．prove that she was grateful to what she had owned29．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A．Lady, Are you Rich?B．Child，Do you Like Thanksgiving Day?C．Don’t Forget How Rich you Are!D．How Cups and Saucers Match 130．Which word best describes the writer?A．Sympathetic B．Selfless C．Strong-minded D．GenerousBLarry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险)but this time, it was different. He decided to take his daughter along with him. She was only ten years old. This would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.Larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. Similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. Since then, he had never looked back.Larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. He had hated them. They were either too big or too small. Then, there was the instructor. He gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. He had made an exception. Larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. Children of his age were not even allowed to dive.After the first expedition, Larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. There was never a dull moment. In his black and blue suit and with an oxygen tank fastened on his back, Larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. Dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. Sometimes, his was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. At least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.Larry’s first expedition wit hout his father was in the Cayman Islands. There were numerous diving spots in the area and Larry was determined to visit all of them .Fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different spots for free. Larry didn’t even know what the time was how many spots he dived into or how many photographs he had taken. The diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that Larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.Larry looked at his daughter. She looked as excited as he had been when he was her age. He hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. Already, she looked like she was much braver than had been then. This was the key to a successful underwater expedition.31.In what way was this expedition different for Larry?A. His daughter had grown up.B. He had become a famous diver.C. His father would dive with him.D. His daughter would dive with him.32.What can be inferred from Paragraph2?A. Larry had some privileges.B. Larry liked the rented diving suits.C. Divers had to buy diving equipment.D. Ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.33.Why did Larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes?A. To protect himself from danger.B. To dive into the deep water.C. To admire the underwater view.D. To take photo more conveniently.34.What can be learned from the underlined sentence?A. Larry didn’t wear a watch.B. Larry was not good at math.C. Larry had a poor memory.D. Larry enjoyed the adventure.35. What did Larry expect his daughter to do?A. Become a successful diver.B. Make a good diving guide.C. Take a lot of photos underwater.D. Have longer hours of training.Cetro Pocket GuideMetrorail(地铁)Each passenger needs a farecard to enter and go out. Up to two children under age five may travel free with a paying customer.Farecard machines are in every station. Bring small bills because there are no change machines in the stations and farecard machines only provide up to $5 in change.Get one day of unlimited Metrorail rides with a One Day Pass. Buy it from a farecard machine in Metro stations. Use it after 9：30 am until closing on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays.Hours_of_serviceOpen: 5 am Mon.—Fri. 7 am Sat.—Sun.Close: midnight Sun.—Thur. 3 am Fri.—Sat.nightsLast train times vary. To avoid missing the last train, please check the last train times posted in stations.MetrobusWhen paying with exact change, the fare is $1.35. When paying with a SmarTrip®card, the fare is $1.25.Fares_for_senior/disabled_customersSenior citizens 65 and older and disabled customers may ride for half the regular fare. On Metrorail and Metrobus, use a senior/disabled farecard or SmarTrip® card. For more information about buying senior/disabled farecards, SmarTrip® cards and passes, please visit or call 2026377000 and 2026378000.Senior citizens and disabled customers can get free guide on how to use proper Metrobus and Metrorail services by calling 2029621100.Travel_tips(提示)•Avoid riding during weekday rush periods—before 9：30 am and between 4 and 6 pm.•If you lose something on a bus or train or in a station, please call Lost & Found at 2029621195.36. What should you know about farecard machines?A. They start selling tickets at 9：30 am.B. They are connected to change machines.C. They offer special service to the elderly.D. They make change for no more than $5.37. At what time does Metrorail stop service on Saturday?A. At midnight.B. At 3 am.C. At 5 am.D. At 7 pm.38. What is good about a SmarTrip® card?A. It is convenient for old people.B. It saves money for its users.C. It can be bought at any time.D. It is sold on the Internet.39. Which number should you call if you lose something on the Metro?A. 2029621195.B. 2029621100.C. 2026377000.D. 2026378000.40 Where may you find this information?A in the libraryB in the marketC in the theatreD at the stationDIn China，as in many countries，the north-south divide runs deep．People from the north are seen as hale and hearty健壮的, while southerners are often portrayed as cunning灵巧的，cultured traders．Northerners are taller than southerners．The north eat noodles，while the south eat rice ——and according to new research，when it comes to personality, that difference has meant everything．A study published Friday by a group of psychologists in the journal Science finds that China's noodle。
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杨仙逸中学2016届高三第二次月考英语试卷第 I 卷第一部分阅读理解 (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。
AMonthly Talks at London Canal MuseumOur monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don’t need to book. They end around 21:00. November 7thThe Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”. December 5thIce for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London’s ice trade grew.February 6thAn Update on the Cotswold Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play.March 6thEyots and Aits-Thames Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest.Online bookings:/bookMore info: /whatsonLondon Canal Museum12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT www. canalmuseum.mobiTel:020 7713 08361.When is the talk on James Brindley?A. November 7th.B. March 6th.C. February 6th.D. December 5th.2. What is the topic of the talk in February?A. The Canal Pioneers.B. Ice for the Metropolis.C. Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands.D. An Update on the Cotswold Canals.3. Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames?A. Miranda Vickers.B. Malcolm Tucker.C. Chris Lewis.D. Liz Payne.BThe freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part-particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold- weather root vegetables-was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1 p.m., rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened (蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal- and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months.Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opene d restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where- luckily for me- I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it.4. What did the author think of her winter life in New York?A. Exciting.B. Boring.C. Relaxing.D. Annoying.5. What made the author’s getting up late early worthwhile?A. Having a swim.B. Breathing in fresh air.C. Walking in the morning sun.D. Visiting a local farmer’s market.6. What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?A . They are soft. B. They look nice.C. They taste great.D. They are juicy.7. What was the author going to that evening?A. Go to a farm.B. Check into a hotel.C. Eat in a restaurant.D. Buy fresh vegetables.CSalvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen a nd selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作)with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.8. Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?A. Optimistic.B. ProductiveC. Generous.D. Traditional.9. What is Dali’s The Persistence of Memory co nsidered to be?A. On e of his masterworks.B. A successful screen adaptation.C. An artistic creation for the stage.D. One of the beat TV programmes.10. How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?A. By popularity.B. By importance.C. By size and shape.D. By time and subject.11. What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to?A. Artworks.B. Projects.C. Donations.D. Documents.DConflict is on the menu tonight at the café La Chope. This evening, as on every Thursday night, psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France’s favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the “talking cure”. Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings. It isn’t always easy. They customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 (plus drinks) per session-care quick to intellectualize (高谈阔论), slow to open up and connect. “You are forbidden to say ‘one feels,’ or ‘people think’,” Lehanne told them. “Say ‘I think,’ ‘Think me’.”A cafésociety where no intellectualizing is allowed? It couldn’t seem more un-French. But Lehanne’s psychology caféis about more than knowing oneself: It’s trying to help the city’s troubled neighborhood cafes. Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation’s desire to spend more time at home. Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.12.What are people encouraged to do at the cafe La Chope?A. Learn a new subject.B. Keep in touch with friends.C. Show off their knowledge.D. Express their true feelings.13. How are cafes affected by French lifestyle changes?A. They are less frequently visited.B. They stay open for longer hours.C. They have bigger night crowds.D. They start to serve fast food.14. What are theme cafes expected to do?A. Create more jobs.B. Supply better drinks.C. Save the cafe business.D. Serve the neighborhood.15. Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in Paris?A. They bring people true friendship.B. They give people spiritual support.C. They help people realize their dreams.D. They offer a platform for business links.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。
2015-2016高三第一学期第二次月考英语试卷(含答案)
2015-2016高三级期中考试英语试卷第I卷第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项。
（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）AParents, our first teachers, play a highly significant role in our lives．However, doesn’t it seem that many of us become to have conflicts with them when we start high school? We're less likely to listen to them and take their suggestions——we even rebel against them.Why? It may be the so-called “generation gap”. A generation gap appears when we begin to feel our parents are ignoring us, don’t understand us, and we feel we can no longer share our feelings with them.The key reason is our desire for independence. In senior high school, we start to want to take responsibility for our own lives and make our own decisions. But parents resist this. They still want to control us and try to force us to do things they think we should do. Debate and discussion often come to nothing. Gradually, we talk with them less, and keep our feelings locked up inside.Zhang Xiaoyun, 16, of Ningbo, Zhejiang, has talked less and less with her mother since she started senior high school. “She believes studies should be my priority, not my inner world,” Zhang said. “Each day, she asks me the same old questions like, ‘How was your last exam?’ or ‘Have you made any progress in physics?’” To Zhang, these questions are annoying and so she always tries to ignore them and answers perfunctorily. “Sometimes, when I get upset, I quarrel with her. After, she comes to apologize and comfort me. But I know, she doesn’t completely understand me,” Zhang said. Now, a home that was once full of laughter has fallen into gloom and silence.The generation gap can be harmful. Because of the lack of communication, our parentsno longer know what we are thinking about. There are quarrels, even over trivial things.When that happens, we may not be able to concentrate on our studies. Some of us even become afraid to go home after school——a very serious situation for the whole family.1. Which of the following is not included in the passage?A. The causes of generation gap.B. The effects of generation gap.C. One example of generation gap.D. Ways of narrowing generation gap.2. Which of the following is one reason for the generation gap according to the passage?A. Modern society changing very fast.B. Parents having unrealistic hopes of their children.C. Parents and kids not understanding and respecting each other.D. Young people liking to escape from the control of their parents.3. Which of the following words has the closest meaning to the underlined word“perfunctorily”?A. attentivelyB. indifferently(冷淡地)C. flatteringly(奉承地)D. seriously4. In the view of the author, ________.A. parents should allow their children more freedomB. parents and children should not stay togetherC. the younger generation should value the older generationD. academic records are more important than one’s inner worldBDo you still get free plastic bags from the supermarkets? Things have changed.China has banned free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets, and people have to pay for using bags. The rule started on June. It came because our country tried to make litter less. Making super-thin plastic bags has also been banned.The Chinese once used about 3,000,000,000 plastic shopping bags a day, and they have1caused pollution of the environment. The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution because they are easy to break and people throw them away here and there. So the Chinese people are encouraged to bring their own bags for shopping.What kind of shopping bag is the best to bring? Some students in Anhui have a good idea. They make their own shopping bags. They use old clothes to make cloth bags, and send them to their parents as presents. They also ask their parents and friends to use cloth bags instead of plastic ones. They think it is their duty to protect the environment.5. People in China have to now.A. throw plastic bags here and thereB. collect plastic bags in the streetC. pay for using plastic bags at shops and supermarketsD. use free plastic bags at shops and supermarkets6. The Chinese people are encouraged to bring for shopping.A. no bagsB. free plastic bagsC. their own bagsD. super-thin plastic bags7. What’s the main idea of this article?A. Making super-thin plastic bags has been banned in China.B. The bags have become a main cause of plastic pollution.C. Some students in Anhui begin to make their own shopping bags.D.To protect the environment, free plastic bags have been banned in China.CIn general, people talk about two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. Researchers in psychology think that there are also two groups of people: people who prefer warm colors and people who prefer cool colors.The warm colors are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colors and a lot of light, people usually want to be active. People think that red, for example, is exciting. Sociable people, those who like to be with others, like red. The cool colors are green, blue and violet. These colors, unlike warm colors, are relaxing. Where there are cool colors, people are usually quiet. People who like to spend time alone often prefer blue.Red may be exciting, but one researcher says that time seems to pass more slowly in a room with warm colors than in a room with cool colors. He suggests that a warm color,such as red or orange in a good color for a living room or restaurant. People who are relaxing or eating do not want time to pass quickly. Cool colors are better for officers or factories if the people who are working there want time to pass quickly.Researchers do not know why people think some colors are warm and other colors are cool. However, almost everyone agrees that red, orange and yellow are warm and that green, blue and violet are cool. Perhaps warm colors remind people of warm days and the cool colors remind them of cool days. Because in the north the sun is higher during summer, the hot summer sunlight appears yellow.8. Which of the following statements is not true?A. Sociable people like warm colors.B. Warm colors can make people excited.C. People who like to be with others don’t like red.D. Where there are warm colors, people want to be active.9. Which is the right color for different rooms?A. Red or orange for officers.B. Orange for dining rooms.C. Blue for bedrooms.D. Red for studies.10. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. It seems the reason why people think some colors are warm and others are cool.B. Warm colors remind people of warm days.C. Cool colors remind people of cool days.D. People have an agreeable opinion of warm colors and cool colors.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。
新课标Ⅰ2016届高三上学期第二次月考英语试卷(Word版)
Both of Jessica‟s parents were lawyers and expected her to follow suit. So she went to law school, got a job at a great firm in Washington, DC, and worked as a lawyer for a decade. But her heart was never in it. “I had a big salary but no personal satisfaction,” she says.Jessica found pleasure in the same thing that had brought her joy since joining the church choir at the age of 12. “Singing always felt like communicating something real at a spiritual and emotional level,” says Jessica. Yet she never c onsidered it a career option. “That seemed like something people did in fairy tales, and I would never let my parents down,” she says.It was her mom‟s diagnosis of brain cancer in 2009 that made Jessica realize she had to write her own happy-ever-after. “Work was busy and my mother was ailing. So I was flying back and forth from Washington, DC to Houston to see her,” Jessica says. “I finally said, …Enough!‟ and quit.” While caring for her mom, Jessica made a plan. She would spend her savings and study music for a year, and then open a part-time law practice so she could pursue her passion. Before her mother passed away two years later, she encouraged Jessica to follow her dream. Her song Live This Life was inspired by her mom, and her dad came to watch her perform at clubs.In 2012, Jessica moved to Nashville to try singing and songwriting. A decade of presenting cases in court gave her the confidence to sing for a crowd. “At 20, I would have been too shy to perform,” says Jessica.“Doing music is so free,” Jessica says. “There‟s no pressure to be a star. Success, to me, isn‟t a dollar amount or a record deal; it‟s doing what I love.”21. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Jessica didn‟t really like working as a lawyer.B. Jessica didn‟t know what she t ruly loved for ten years.C. Jessica wasn‟t satisfied with the pay she got as a lawyer.D. Jessica was grateful for her parents‟ arrangement for her.22. What does the underlined word “ailing” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Sick.B. Crazy.C. Worried.D. Unhappy.23. What was Jessica‟s mother‟s attitude toward her singing?A. Unknown.B. Doubtful.C. Supportive.D. Negative.24. By telling Jessica‟s story, the writer most probably wants to _______.A. encourage us to pursue our dreamsB. show that singing can be a practical careerC. tell us the importance of choosing a right jobD. show that family members‟ support is importantDeborah Cohen is a senior natural scientist at the Rand Corp and the author of the book A Big Fat Crisis: The Hidden Forces Behind the Obesity Epidemic and How We Can End It. According to the book, there are lots of misunderstandings of obesity.1. If you’re obese, blame your genes.Obesity rates have increased. Yet, between 1980 and 2000, the number of Americans who are obese has doubled—too quickly for genetic factors to be responsible.At restaurants, a dollar puts more calories on our plates than ever before, because restaurant meals usually have more calories than what we prepare at home, so people who eat out more frequently have higher rates of obesity than those who eat out less.2. If you’re obese, you lack self-control.Research shows that if we are faced with too much information, we have a tendency to make poor dietary choices. Our world has become so rich in temptation that we can be led to consume too much in ways we can‟t understand. Even the most vigilant(警觉的) people may not be up to the task of controlling themselves.3. Lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables is responsible for obesity.Although the US Department of Agriculture estimates that fewer than 5 percent of Americans live in the “food deserts”, about 65 percent of the nation‟s population is overweight or obese. For most of us, obesity is not related to access to more fresh fruits and vegetables, but to the choices we make in supermarkets.4. The problem is not that we eat too much, but that we don’t exercise.Michelle Obama‟s “Let‟s Move” campaign is based on the idea that if kids exercise more, childhood obesity rates will decrease. But there was no significant decrease in physical activity levels as obesity rates climbed in the 1980s and 1990s. In fact, although a drop in work-related physical activity may account for up to 100 fewer calories burned, leisure physical activity appears to have increased. The problem is that we eat too much.25. The author mentioned Deborah Cohen‟s book in Paragraph 1 to _______.A. introduce the topicB. draw readers‟ attentionC. introduce the author of the bookD. advertise the book26. What is the relationship between obesity and the place where you eat?A. The less you eat out, the higher rates of obesity you have.B. The less you eat at home, the lower rates of obesity you have.C. The more you eat out, the higher rates of obesity you have.D. The more you eat at home, the higher rates of obesity you have.27. What‟s the best title of this passage?A. Four misunderstandings of obesity.B. Four rules to help you avoid obesity.C. Obesity leads to a big fat crisis.D. Lacking self-control leads to obesity.TIME is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It was created in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, making it the first weekly news magazine in the US. Hadden was considered carefree, liked to tease Luce and saw TIME as important but also fun. That accounted for its heavy coverage of celebrities(including politicians), the entertainment industry, and pop culture—criticized as too light for serious news.It tells the news through people, and for many decades, the magazine‟s cover depicted a single person. On Hadden‟s death in 1929, Luce became the most important man at TIME and a major figure in the history of 20th-century media.TIME is also known for its signature red border, first introduced in 1927. It has only changed four times since then. The issue released shortly after the September 11 attacks on the United States featured a black border to symbolize mourning. However, this edition was a special “extra” edition published quickly for the breaking news o f the event; the next regularly scheduled issue contained the red border. Additionally, the April 28, 2008 Earth Day issue, dedicated to environmental issues, contained a green border. The next change in border was in the September 19, 2011 issue, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with a metallic silver border. The most recent change(again with a silver border) was in the December 31, 2012 issue, noting Barack Obama‟s selection as Man of the Year.TIME has a division magazine, TIME FOR KIDS(TFK), which is especially published for children and is mainly distributed in classrooms. TFK contains some national news, a “Cartoon of the Week”, and a variety of articles concerning popular culture that the younger U.S. citizens are interested in. All the stories in TFK are written by young reporters.In some advertising campaigns, the magazine has suggested that the letters TIME stand for “The International Magazine of Events”.28. TIME has a history of _______.A. about 50 yearsB. about 70 yearsC. about 90 yearsD. about 150 years29. Why did some people dislike TIME in the beginning?A. It had kept its cover the same since the 1920s.B. It didn‟t have a serious tone for important events.C. It didn‟t report important events quick ly enough.D. Henry Luce was in charge of the magazine for too long.30. Why did TIME change its red border for the first time?A. To remember the 10th anniversary of an attack.B. To remind readers to protect the environment.C. To show great sadness about the deaths.D. To call on readers to vote for Obama.31. What do we know about TFK?A. It has young reporters writing articles.B. It has a division magazine called TIME.C. It is designed for kids and teachers.D. It mainly contains popular culture.DCheaters called “pirates” often use camcorders(便携式摄像机) and cell phones to make illegal copies of blockbusters(大片) in the local theater. These pirates then sell those recordings on the street or over the Internet for very low prices. Some share them for free.“It‟s unfair for people to pirate movies, ”says 15-year-old Hadaia Azad Ezzulddin. Movie piracy “takes money out of the pockets of thousands of people in the movie industry,” she notes. Victims include famous actors and directors as well as local theater owners and their employees.Hadaia came up with an idea that could help stop movie piracy. Hadaia‟s idea uses infrared(红外线的) light. This range of light is invisible to the human eye. It is visible, however, to many types of cameras. Theater owners could place small infrared lights on their movie screens. The lights would not disturb people watching the movie. It would, however, distort the recordings made by many types of cameras.To test her idea, Hadaia built a box with a movie screen inside. Then, she projected images on that screen through a hole in the box. She took recordings of those images, using nine different types of cameras. These included the types found in cell phones as well as camcorders. During some tests, she also turned on light emitting diodes(发光二极管), or LEDs. The LEDs were embedded（植入的）in a certain place behind the movie screen. They gave out infrared light.Sure enough, she showed, a pirated movie included odd stripes or spots if it had been recorded while the LEDs were on. It might be possible to use the LEDs to flash the date and time on the movie screen. The information would then appear in the illegal recordings. Theater owners or police might use the information to track down the pirates.Cutting down on piracy might get more people into theaters to watch the real movie instead of an illegal copy. Six out of every ten films now produced aren‟t profitable. They don‟t make enough money to recover how much was spent to make and market them. Such a poor payback can discourage filmmakers from producing anything but the types expected to become blockbuster hits. It might also keep smaller theaters from showing a wider variety of movie types.32. From what Hadaia says in Paragraph 2, we can infer that _______.A. most people spend less money on pirates movesB. the pirates don‟t have to pay for the movie ticketsC. theater owners will increase the price of movie ticketsD. she strongly criticizes those who video movies in the theater33. Infrared lights are put on the movie screens to _______.A. adjust the brightness of the movie screensB. make sure the images of movies are darkC. protect the eyesight of viewers in the darknessD. make illegal copies of movies unpleasant to see34. What is the correct order of the steps in Hadaia‟s test?a. She projected pictures on the screen.b. She used cameras to record the pictures.c. She turned on the LEDs placed behind the screen.d. She made a special box with a movie screen inside.A. bacdB. dcabC. dbacD. bcad35. According to the last paragraph, we can know that _______.A. forty percent of movies now are profitableB. small theaters often choose to show low-cost moviesC. more and more people go to theaters to fight movie piracyD. filmmakers prefer to produce ordinary movies than blockbusters七选五We all know the importance of curiosity, and here are some tips on how to develop it.Keep an open mind. This is essential if you are to have a curious mind. Be open to learning, unlearning, and relearning things. 36 Therefore, you should be prepared to accept this possibility and change your mind.37 Most people just accept the world as it is. This way, they will certainly lose the “holy curiosity”. Try to dig deeper beneath the surface of what is around you. A sure way to dig deeper beneath the surface is asking questions. What, why, when, who, where, and how are the questions curious people always ask.Don‟t label anything as boring. Whenever you label something as boring, you close one more door of possibilities. Curious people are unlikely to consider things boring. 38 Even if they don‟t yet have time to explore them, they will leave the door open to be visited another time.Take learning as something fun. If you see learning as a burden, there‟s no way you will want to dig deeper into anything. That will just make the burden heavier. However, if you think of learning as something fun, you will naturally want to dig deeper. 39 Read diverse materials. It will introduce you to the possibilities and excitement of other worlds which may attract your interest in exploring further. One easy way to do this is through reading diverse materials. 40 It‟ll feed your mind with the excitement of anew world.A. Never take things as granted.B. Don‟t spend too much time on just one world.C. Try to pick a book or magazine on a new subject.D. Some things you know and believe might be wrong.E. It doesn‟t matter that you don‟t agree to others‟ opinions.F. Instead, they always see these things as a door to an exciting new world.G. So look at life through the glasses of fun and enjoy the learning process.完型填空Jazzy is a lovely pug(哈巴狗) who always seems to be smiling. You can‟t help but41when you look at Jazzy now, because you would never guess the horrible situation she was rescued from and the 42 this little dog had.Jazzy was taken from her 43 owners, who were immediately 44 with animal cruelty. Why? Because neighbors had 45 seeing little Jazzyy moving around her back yard with two broken front legs. Her owners, who were supposed to 46 her most, did absolutely nothing about it. They had never sought any kind of 47 for poor Jazzy. Nobody knew how it 48 and it was believed that she was hit by a car, or that someone had done this to her.49 Jazzy‟s cruel owners didn‟t take her to the veterinarian, her condition went from bad to worse. Over time her front right leg 50 loosely, and her left leg was permanently bent at a sharp angle. The pain must have been astonishing. She moved around like a baby seal. She needed 51 .In a Los Angeles animal shelter, things got even 52 . The shelter could not provide the costly operations that could be 53 to restore Jazzy‟s ability to 54 and lead a normal life, and it was impossible to find a family who would be able to 55 a dog in this condition. The difficult 56 was made to euthanize（使安乐死）sweet Jazzy.All 57 was lost. Then a miracle happened. A volunteer from Dogs Without Borders saw Jazzy. Jazzy was pulled out of the 58 and rescuers got busy working on a plan to ensure that Jazzy would get treatment. For months, Dogs Without Borders cared for Jazzy, while 59 enough money for her operations. Donations came in. Finally in December 2013 the money was enough and it was time to get her operations 60 ! By the spring of 2014, Jazzy had fully recovered.41 A. complain B. forgive C. celebrate D. laugh42 A. pain B. shock C. happiness D. responsibility43 A. lazy B. original C. angry D. new44 A. combined B. charged C. compared D. provided45 A. reported B. imagined C. regretted D. avoided46 A. care for B. depend on C. look for D. talk about47 A. food B. contact C. treatment D. information48 A. fell B. felt C. improved D. happened49 A. If B. Until C. Although D. Since50 A. stepped B. stood C. hung D. waved51 A. instruction B.encouragement C. help D. discipline52 A. harder B. worse C. safer D. clearer53 A. prevented B. required C. released D. checked54 A. breathe B. bark C. walk D. listen55 A. adopt B. buy C. watch D. catch56 A. promise B. decision C. appointment D. experiment57 A. hope B. wealth C. medicine D. connection58 A. hospital B. yard C. shelter D. home59 A. borrowing B. saving C. earning D. raisingA. correctedB. doneC. fedD. developed60.语法填空Last weekend as I was riding in the bike lane alongside the truck, we reached a crossing and it turned to the right, 61 (hit) me and my bicycle. Even more upsetting was the fact 62 the driver didn‟t stop afterward. 63 , I was not injured and my bicycle was damaged, but still usable.Even days after I reported the event to the police, they failed to 64 (proper) solve this situation or even return my calls. Eventually, I decided 65 (contact) University Student Legal Services for help about this matter. The small damage may not seem worth all 66 trouble, but what if I had been seriously 67 (injure)? Will anyone see punishment for breaking traffic laws and damaging my property?Unfortunately, my experience is common, and 68 (accident) between bikes and cars occur far too often. A comprehensive study 69 (report) that of the nearly 3,000 cyclist-motorist crashes that occurred between 2000 and 2010, about 20 percent were hit-and-runs.Bicycles are held to the same standards as motor vehicles in most cases , 70 means that cyclists must obey all the traffic rules, and also have the right to get damages in the accidents. I urge both cyclists and motorists to become familiar with their rights and duties when sharing the roads.短文改错I, together with my two friends, were eating dinner at a Chinese restaurant, locating in thecenter of New York. I noticed the young woman eating with two kids. We stopped by and I asked the kids if he believed in Santa. The elder boy, whom was about seven years old, pointed his younger sister and said, “She does, but I don‟t.” I told them Santa was real and as we were paying for our dinner, I paid for theirs, either. I didn‟t know that whether the woman was alone, but I grow up with my mother supporting us four kids alone. I still feel good thinking I may have helped on some small ways.书面表达假如你是一名高三年级学生。
广东省中山市杨仙逸中学高二英语上学期期中试题(1班)
杨仙逸中学2015-2016学年上学期中段考试卷高二(1)班英语说明：1 考试所需时间120分钟；2 本试卷共150分，分第一卷和第二卷，交卷时只需交答题卷与答题卡。
一．补全对话（5小题，共 10分）阅读下列简短对话；从A, B, C, D中选出最佳答案，将对话补全。
1.--- ______？---I’m looking for an iphone.A. What do you wantB. What’s the matterC. Can I help youD. What are you looking for2. --May I speak to Mr. Brown? -- _____.A. No, you can'tB. I'm sorry, he is outC. I'm Miss GaoD. Yes, I am3. --- Would you like to have something to eat?--- _________.A. No, I wouldn’tB. Help yourselfC. Go ahead, pleaseD. No, thanks. I’m not hungry.4. --- What's your trouble, young man?--- _________.A. No, I have no troubleB. I’m afraid I don’t.C. I’ve got a headache.D. Yes, I do.5. --- How beautiful you are in your new dress!--- ______.A. No, no just so soB. I am not beautiful C Thanks! D. Really?二、词汇知识（10小题，共15分）6. Who put forward a theory about black holes?A. 将.....提前 B 提名 C 推荐 D提出7. Can you inform me when to begin our final examination?A.告知B.检查C.预测D. 期待8.Mary gives the impression of being shyA 印痕B 感觉 C印象 D模仿9.Soon I was back on my feet again.A 站起来B 重生C 恢复正常D 脚不疼了10.Mrs.Thomas has a good doctor to attend her.A. 照顾B. 参加C.出席D. 陪同11. You can't blame anyone.A. 依靠B. 责备C. 表扬D. 喜欢12. The dirty water pollutes our rivers and streamsA.合并B.组成C.污染D.清洁13. Children are looking forward to the Spring Festival.A. 向前看B. 期待C. 照顾D.朝前走14. Look out! The train is coming.A．向外看 B. 粗心 C. 小心 D.关心15. She is a gifted singer.A. 好的B. 有天分的C. 年轻的D. 漂亮的三、语法知识（10小题，共15分）16. How many countries does the Uk consist ____________?A inB forC ofD on17. English can __________ three zones.A. divided intoB. divided fromC. be divided intoD. be divided from18. I’m looking forward to _____ my old friends.A. seeingB. seeC. seesD. saw19. The problem ________ last week is very important.A. was discussedB. discussedC. being discussedD. be discussed20. Only when you grow up, ______ your teachers and parents.A. you can understandB. can you understandC. you can understoodD. can you understood21. He felt _________ by the news ___________ news.A. boring; boredB. bored; boringC. boring; boringD. bored; bored22. Don’t forget ________ the letter.A. to sendB. sendC. sendingD. send23. We usually go out for _____ walk after _____ supper.A. a ,/B. a, theC. /, /D. the, /24 . Mandela devoted himself _______________ for his people.A .fighting B. to fight C. fought D. to fighting25.He gets up early so as to __________ school on time.A. reachedB. reachingC. reachD. have reached四、完形填空（10小题，共15分）In the future, scientists would put very small computers in our heads. This can help people a lot. __26__ these small computers, the people with ear diseases will be able to hear. And the people with eye diseases can __27__. Thesesmall computers will not be just for __28__ people. Most of us will have these computers to make our life __29__. For example, if we have it, we can think __30__ and we can remember more things.For students, computers can do __31__ things. Maybe in the near future students __32__ schoolbags. They just need to carry a small computer to __33__, because the textbooks, exercise books, and notebooks are all in the computer. The teachers will check students’ homework with computers, __34__. But this can give another problem, because __35__ will be easier for students to copy each other’s homework.Everything will be possible. We never know what will happen.A. BecauseB. SinceC. Because ofD. Thank to （）26.（）A. to hearB. hearC. to seeD. see27.A. illB. sickC. oldD. young（）28.A. goodB. wellC. betterD. best（）29.A. more clearlyB. clearlyC. clearD. clearer（）30.A. muchB. a lotC. lots ofD. lot of（）31.A. needn’tB. will needC. will not needD. don’t need （）32.A. homeB. schoolC. factoryD. office（）33.A. tooB. eitherC. as well asD. also（）34.（）A. thatB. itC. theyD. this35.五、阅读理解（20小题，共40分）AMr. Jackson lived in the centre of London but he had a hotel near the airport. There a lot of foreigners stayed for night. He didn't know any other language but English and he found it difficult for him to understand the foreign visitors. Sometimes he had to use the body lan guage to “talk” with them, and tried his best to make himself understood. But he was often misunderstood (误解) and it brought him a lot of trouble. A friend of his who learned a few foreign languages in a university would teach him. He was happy and studied hard. At first he learned some, but soon he found it wasn't easy to remember the words and expressions. His friendadvised him to write down the useful expressions in his notebook so that he could use them when necessary. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.One evening there were plenty of people in the dining room. They were all busy eating something except a Japanese. He was walking around there and waiting for his wife who was dressing herself up upstairs. Mr. Jackson thought to himself, “The man wants to eat something but he doesn’t know any English. Let me help him.” As he knew only a little Japanese, he had to bring out his notebook and showed it to the man, pointing to the sentence “I’m hungry”.The Japanese had a look at it and gave him two pounds and left.36. Mr. Jackson knew only English because____ .A. he was an English studentB. he had never been abroadC. he couldn't learn by himselfD. he hadn't studied any foreign languages37. As not all foreigners understood his gestures, sometimes Mr. Jackson ____ to communicate with them.A. succeededB. fearedC. failedD. gave up38. The Japanese thought ____, so he gave him two pounds.A. Mr. Jackson was a beggar (乞丐)B. Mr. Jackson was a translatorC. Mr. Jackson could help himD. Mr. Jackson could ring his wife up39. What is Mr. Jackson?A.He is a student.B. He runs a restaurant.C. He runs a hotel.D. He teach in a university.40. Why did Mr. Jackson point to the sentence “I’m hungry”?A.Because he was hungry.B.Because the Japanese man is hungry.C.Because he thought the Japanese was hungry.D.Because he wanted to let the Japanese know he was hungry.BDick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel."Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."Choose the right answer41. Dick flew to New York because ___.A. he went there for a holidayB. he had work thereC. he went there for sightseeing (观光)D. his home was there42. Why did his wife want a telegram from him?A. Because she didn't know his address yetB. Because she wanted to go to New York, tooC. Because she might send him another telegramD. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York43. Where did Dick stay in New York?A. In the east of the city.B. In a hotel.C. In a restaurant.D. At his friend's house.44. Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?A. The manager (经理) of his hotel.B. The police office.C. The taxi driver.D. His wife.45. Which of the following is not true?A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.CThe class teacher thought that hobbies were very important for every child．She encouraged all her pupils to have one , and sometimes arranged for their parents to come and see the work they had done as a result．One Friday morning the teacher told the class that those of them who had a hobby could have a holiday that afternoon to get the things they had made as parts of their hobbies ready for their parents to see the following afternoon．So on Friday afternoon, while those of the pupils who had nothing to show did their usual lessons, the lucky ones who had made something were allowed to go home, on condition that they returned before five o’clock to bring what they were going to show, and to arranged them．When the afternoon lessons began, the teacher was surprised to see that Tommy was not there．He was the laziest boy in the class, and the teacher found it difficultto believe that he had a hobby．However, at a quarter to five, Tommy arrived with a beautiful collection of butterflies（蝴蝶）in glass cases．After his teacher had admired them and helped him to arrange them on a table in the classroom, she was surprised to see Tommy pick them up again and begin to leave．“What are you doing, Tommy?” She asked．“Those things must remain here until tomorrow afternoon．That’s when the parents are coming to see them．”“I know they are coming then, ” answered Tommy, “ and I will bring them back tomorrow; but my big brother doesn’t want them to be out of our house at night in case they are stolen．”“But what has it got to do with your big brother?” asked the teacher．“Aren't the butterflies yours?”“No, ” answered Tommy．“They belong to him.”“But Tommy, you are supposed to show your own hobby here, not somebody else’s ! ”said the teacher．“I know that , ” answered Tommy．“My hobby is watching my brother collecting butterflies．”46.Which students could have a holiday on the Friday afternoon according to the teacher ?A Those who did well in those daysB Those who had to get ready for the meetingC Those who had a bobbyD Those who were ill47. According to the passage , which of the following is not true?.A The pupils who had nothing to show had to stay at school as usualB the pupils who had a holiday must bring something he had made himselfC Tom stayed at school because he was so lazy that he didn’t do anythingD T he beautiful collection of butterflies belonged to Tommy’s brother. 48．What’s the best title for this passage?A. Important HobbiesB. Tommy’s HobbyC. Different HobbiesD. Hobby of Collecting Butterflies 49．The teacher________.A. asked the pupils who were in her class to bring something they had madeB. was certain that her pupils were good at making things, so she wanted to showthem to the parents.C. invited the parents to come and see what the pupils had madeD. allowed the pupils who had hobbies not to go to class that Friday afternoon 50．After reading the passage the readers will laugh. Why?A. Because Tommy was so lazy a boy.B. Because the teacher knew so little about Tommy.C. Because Tommy had made nothing at all.D. Because Tommy had a strange idea about hobby.DLao Yang was born in a small town. He liked reading when he studied at school. He thought the writers were respected(尊敬) and could get a lot of money. He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments (编辑部) but didn't receive any answers.Now he works in a factory. He's busy at work. When he's free, he always reads something. He always remembers he hoped to be a writer when he was young. One day, Xiao Ping, his ten-year-old daughter, came back. She looked worried and didn't eat anything. She said Miss GAO, her Chinese teacher, told them to write a solicit article(征文) "My Father" that evening. But she did not know what to write."That's easy," said Lao Yang. "Let me help you."Then he sat down to write the solicit article at once. He easily finished it on time. He was sure Miss GAO would like it. But one afternoon he asked his daughter if the article had been chosen to post to the editorial department."My teacher said your article digressed from the subject (离题)," said the girl."I don't think so," Lao Yang shouted angrily. "I described(描写) just my father!"51. Lao Yang wrote a lot of stories because _______.A. he likes readingB. he learned much at schoolC. he wanted to be a writerD. he wanted to help others52. Lao Yang posted the stories to the editorial departments, _______.A. and he got a lot of moneyB. and he became a famous manC. and he was respectedD. but he failed53. As _______, Lao Yang decided to help his daughter.A. he was a writerB. he was freeC. he wanted to realize his ideal(理想)D. he wanted to make his daughter happy54. Lao Yang hoped _______.A. his article could surprise the teacherB. his article could be chosenC. the children could like his articleD. everyone could soon know him55. Lao Yang's solicit article digressed from the subject _______.A. because he couldn't write it at allB. because he didn't know his father wellC. because it was too bad to be chosenD. just because he described his father六．单词拼写(10小题，共15分)1. 照顾_____________2. 责备_______________3. 组成_____________4.快乐________________5. 指导_____________6. 缺乏_______________7. 帮助_____________ 8. 需求_______________9. 治疗_____________ 10. 申请______________七．短语翻译(10小题，共15分)1.ahead……of_____________2. apart from ____________3. consist of _______________4. leave out ______________5.take the place of ______________6.take up _______________7. lose sight of ________________ 8.depend on ______________9.a number of _______________ 10. link to _______________八．完成句子（5小题，共15分）1. 你不能永远依赖你的双亲。
2019-2020学年中山杨仙逸中学高三英语月考试卷及答案
2019-2020学年中山杨仙逸中学高三英语月考试卷及答案第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AThree Things to Do Before You Are 18Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18.★Learn to swimSeriously, this is so important that it can save your life. If you can’t swim well, you won’t be able to dowater sports like waterskiing, surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it.★Try at least one kind of team sportsBeing a good team player is an important skill in life. You can’t just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people. Other advantages of team sports like basketball, football and baseball are that they keep you fit and healthy, and they are also great fun. Teams usually have a good social life too—you’ll go to lots of parties and make many friends.★Collect somethingOne of the best hobbies for under-18s is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps, or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like cinema tickets for films you have seen or letters from friends. The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won’t forget.1. The most important reason for learning to swim is that ________.A. you might feel wellB. it can make you healthyC. you might easily do lots of thingsD. it can save your life2. The writer tells us that one of the best hobbies is to ________ .A. collect somethingB. do some water sportsC. send letters to your friendsD. play basketball with your friends23. The passage is mainly about ________before you are 18.A. good habits to keepB. skills to haveC. things to doD. sports to playBThe race skywards began inAmerica. In the late1800s, industrialization had driven urban populations and land prices up, making tall buildings increasingly cost-effective, according to Carol Willis, director of theSkyscraperMuseuminNew York, “The very first tall buildings were office buildings that concentrated a work force, piled one on top of the other in order to make business very efficient, ”she says.Like all major changes in architecture, the trend wasunderpinnedby engineering. The development of steel framework, which could be used instead of load-bearing stones, made it easier and cheaper to build tall. The coming of the elevator, meanwhile, made living on higher floors far more convenient.Though similar in shape, today's skyscrapers (摩天大楼) look little like those built in the first half of the 20thcentury. This is mostly thanks to architecture's next major technological shift：the curtain wall.Postwar developments in manufacturing meant that huge panes of glass could be produced quickly and uniformly, and glass windows soon became the front of choice for high-rises. As well as allowing for greater floor space and more natural light, glass exteriors (外部) help. buildings resist greater windloads.There are now 191 completed skyscrapers that are at least 300 meters tall. But that doesn't mean our cities will grow taller indefinitely. While each additional story adds sellable floor space, construction costs also rise. All buildings reach a point where adding an extra floor will cost more money than it brings.“Every city wants to have this landmark that gives that sense of distinct culture, ”but it also needs places for people to live and work in urban settings“without the city sprawling (无序扩张), ”explains Hong Kong architect Simon Chan.The next big challenge facing architects goes beyond height：At a time when buildings and their construction account for more than a third of the world's energy consumption and contribute about 40% of greenhouse gas emissions(排放), there are new costs to consider.Whether it's employing more energy-efficient materials, encouraging natural air or using buildings themselves to generate solar or wind energy, reducing carbon emissions is the new frontier for many skyscraper architects.4. What does the underlined word“underpinned” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Created.B. Prepared.C. Suggested.D. Supported.5. What made living on higher floors much more convenient?A. The development of steel framework.B. Load-bearing stones.C. The use of the elevator.D. The curtain wall.6. What can we know from paragraph 5?A. Our cities will grow taller definitely.B. All skyscrapers are at least 300 meters tall.C. Construction cost rises as the stories increase.D. The profit for builders will be greater as the building becomes higher.7. What's the next big challenge facing architects?A. How to build the greenest building.B. How to build the strongest building.C. How to build the tallest building in the world.D. How to build the most comfortable building.CMikah Frye, a 9-year-old boy, was walking down the streets with his grandmother discussing Christmas gifts when he saw some homeless people struggling to stay warm in the cold night. Then he was thinking about a way to help the homeless to spend a warm Christmas.That thought stayed in Mikah Frye’s mind and when he reached home, Mikah informed his parents not to buy the Microsoft XBox gaming device he had asked for earlier. Mikah realized that by not buying the $300 device, he could instead donate over 30 blankets to the homeless. He knew how much it meant to be warm in the cold holiday season.Three years ago, Mikah and his parents were the ones living in a homeless shelter. Having suffered a financial crisis, they too had lost their house, not knowing where their next meal would come from and sharing a blanket every night. Mikah was six years old then but he remembered what it was like to have to give back that precious blanket every morning.Reaching out to the emergency shelter programme that looked after them 3 years ago, the family donated 60 blankets in the end, each with a personalized message of hope in Mikah’s handwriting stating: “They gave me a blanket, but I had to leave it. That’s why I want you to have your own blanket. Today, I live in my own house, and someday you will too. Your friend, Mikah.”The homeless people at the shelter may not have been able to give Mikah a Christmas gift in return but his gesture was noted by the billion dollar company Microsoft who made sure that Mikah was fooled into visiting their store so that Santa Claus could personally deliver an XBox from the company to him as a reward for making the top of “Santa’s list of nice boys” that year.8. Why did Mikah give up his Christmas gift?A. The device was out of date.B. His parents had a tight budget.C. He wanted to spend a warm Christmas.D. He decided to do something charitable.9. What made Mikah have a better understanding of the situation of the homeless?A. His own experience.B. His parents’ education.C. His visiting to the emergency shelter.D. The cold weather during the holiday season.10. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?A. The homeless gave Mikah a gift in return.B. He finally got the gift he wanted on Christmas.C. The company Microsoft fooled Mikah into buying an Xbox.D Mikah wrote a thank-you note to the emergency shelter he lived in.11. What might be the best title for the text?A. Mikah’s Precious Christmas GiftB. Mikah’s Giving Warmth on ChristmasC. Microsoft Rewarded Nice Boys on Santa’s ListD. The Homeless Needed Blankets on a Cold ChristmasDWe asked four people who watched an online talk on technology and communication by Sherry Turkle for their opinions.Fred:The talk certainly gave me plenty of food for thought about how technology is changing our behaviour. People are constantly multitasking, whether it be emailing during meetings or texting in the checkout queue. It’s as if we can’t bear to miss out on what our online friends are up to, so we juggle the real and online world. My greatest concern is that we don’t give our brains a chance to switch off. It’sthese precious momentswhen we actually process information that helps us make important decisions.Jeremy:It was a fascinating talk and the speaker really hit the nail on the head with a couple of things. Take parental influence, for instance. How can we expect teenagers not to text while doing their homework when they witness their parents posting on social media while cooking the evening meal or waiting at a red light?Kath:So much of what the speaker said rang true. I honestly believe there’s a danger that the more connected we are, the more isolated we feel. I don’t think this is such an issue for my generation who’ve lived without technology for so long. We know how to be alone. But the under 20s are another kettle of fish. They’re so busy communicating that they never experience the feeling of solitude and run the risk of not learning how to enjoy their own company.Carl:I’m not sure to what extent I agree that people are more alone, but the way we communicate has certainly evolved. The speaker makes a good point about how we’re getting used to talking with machines like Siri or robots, which are totally lack of experience of human life. But despite such limitations, we seem to be expecting more from technology and less from each other.12. What does the underlined phrase “these precious moments” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. When our brains are free.B. When we emailing during meeting.C. When we texting in the checkout queue.D. When we juggle the real and online world.13. What suggestion may Jeremy give to the parents?A. Accompany their children when they are doing homework.B. Prevent their children using phone while doing homework.C. Set a good example for their children on using phone properly.D. Stop posting on social media in face of their children.14. What does Kath worry about the under 20s generation?A. They communicate more with others.B. They use more technology.C. It’s difficult for them to find companies.D. They don’t know how to be alone.15. What is Carl’s attitude towards the use of technology in communication?A. Favorable.B. Intolerant.C. Doubtful.D. Indifferent.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2020-2021学年中山市杨仙逸中学高三英语第二次联考试卷及参考答案
2020-2021学年中山市杨仙逸中学高三英语第二次联考试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AF the Art World competition.Prize -The winner of each type will get the chance to display their artworks in a week-long exhibition inChelsea,New York..Eligibility - Open to artists all over the world..Entry Fee(参赛费)-$24 for a maximum of 3 submitted(提交的)photos..Date of Exhibition - From 25thApril to 2ndMay.F the Art World is an international art competition organized by which is quite unusual, compared to other competitions. The artworks are not judged on the basis of creativity and skill. Instead, they're judged by the depth of the subject matter. The subject this year is “A Competition About Change”, where artists can try and show how they'd like to change humanity in a good way.Notes*For this competition, there are three types for submissions, namely: street art, fine art, and digital art.*Each type will have a winner as chosen by the organizers and all the winners will have the wonderful chance to exhibit their works at the Unarthodox Gallery inNew Yorkin a week-long exhibition.*All the winners will also receive 100% of the sale price when any of their artworks are sold!Winners will also be displayed on the website and the entrants' artworks will also be displayed in the opening ceremony(仪式)as well.1.What is special about F the Art World Competition?AIt is free to attend.B.It lasts for over a week.C.It is open to artists inNew York.D.It centers on the depth of the artworks.2.What will the winners get?A.Prize money.B.A chance to visit an exhibition.C.A written judgement of their artworks.D.Money from the sale of their artworks.3.Where will the entrants' artworks be shown?A.In the street.B.In the opening ceremony.C.On the website.D.At the market.BEmojis are very popular among mobile phone and social media users. While there are emojis of almost every kind imaginable, from dinosaurs to joyful tears and eggplants, there is no emoji for forgiveness. Seeing the need to show understanding, aFinnish group decided it was time for a "forgiveness" emoji.Every year, the Unicode Consortium, which sets the standards, adds new emojis to the emoji keyboard on mobile phones and computers. In 2019, the Forgivemoji campaign was launched. Forgivemoji's site made an open call to the public to give their designs for a new forgiveness emoji, with the goal of presenting the symbol to the Unicode Consortium and getting it accepted by people.Tuomo Pesonen, communications director of the Unicode Consortium, explained why the forgiveness emoji isindispensablein today's world. “In our modern communication culture, emojis are an important way of expressing human feelings beyond words.” The campaign gained popularity, reaching over two million people around the world. They received many designs, including a bandaged heart, two holding hands, and people from different cultures hugging.After hundreds of people offered their ideas for this emoji, the winner was announced in February 2020. Former Finnish president Tarja Halonen was selected to choose the winner as she has been important in building bridges between people. The emoji that will be presented to the Unicode Consortium is an image of two hands giving a thumbs-up symbol in front of a heart. If the Unicode Consortium accepts the design, it will become available to the public in late 2021.The Forgivemoji campaign goes far beyond having a strong influence on social media. The message of showing forgiveness and understanding is helpful for the world at large.4. What's the idea behind the Fogivemoji campaign?A. people develop pleasant habits.B. To get people more friendly to each other.C. To pick a forgiveness emoji for the public to use.D. To make mobile phones and computers more convenient to use.5. What does the underlined word “indispensable” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Necessary.B. Different.C. Changeable.D. Interesting.6. Why was Tarja Halonen selected to choose the winner for the campaign?A. She launched the campaign herself.B. She designed the most popular emoji.C. She was familiar with the emoji history.D. She played an important role in relating people.7. What can be the best title for the text?A. Forgiveness is important for peopleB. Emoji for forgiveness is on the wayC. Emojis are becoming interestingly popularD. Finnish people explore the stories of emojisCNaomi Cooke was walking with a friend and their dogs through her local park in Burnside, on Tuesday when she heard someone shout to watch out. Cooke turned and hardly had time to react before a flying disc hit her in the face with a "big bang”, leaving her right cheek swollen almost to the size of a golfball.Two men playing disc golf at the course in Jellie Park were about 20 metres fromthe pairwhen one of them threw the disc hard, aiming for a nearby goal.After being hit Cooke immediately went to the emergency department, where two CT scans on her face and cheek found she had escaped any broken bones. "I'm lucky it didn't hit my eye because I think I would have lost it." Cooke said.Cooke often walks her dog at the park and said it was always busy with people playing disc golf, but it was not until after Tuesday that she became concerned about public safety there.There were no signs about the disc golf course in the park, she said, and the area is shared with children and people walking their dogs.“If it had hit one of the kids in the head, it could have killed them.” Cooke did not think she was the only person who had been hit before, and said there would be others who share her concerns.Cooke planned to go to the council, saying it needed to realise how dangerous it was for the space to beshared by everyone and to provide disc golfers with a space where they can play safely. "There should be rules about how it's done, making it safe for everyone.”8. What happened to Cooke on Tuesday?A. She was struck by a golf ball.B. She was hit by a flying disc.C. She was beaten by two men.D. She was frightened by a mad dog.9. What do the underlined words "the pair" in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Cooke and her friend.B. Cooke and her dog.C. The two disc golfers.D. The two CT scans.10. How did Cooke feel about people playing disc golf in the park?A. Acceptable.B. Shocked.C. Angry.D. Worried.11. Why did Cooke plan to go to the council?A. To get the two men in trouble.B. To call for a ban on disc golf.C. To ask for personal protection.D. To call for safer places for disc golf.DDid you know people who live in different parts ofChinahave different habits and preferences? For example, people from southernChinaprefer to eat vegetables, while people from northChinalike to eat meat. According to a new study in a journal, gene variations (变异) might be responsible for these differences. Researchers fromChina’s BGI collected genetic information from 141,431 Chinese women, who came from 31 provinces and consisted of 36 ethnic minority groups.They found that natural selection has played an important role in the ways that people living in different regions of China have developed, affecting their food preferences, immunities (免疫力) to illness and physical features.A variation of the gene FADS2 is more commonly found in northern people. It helps people metabolize (新陈代谢) fatty acids, which suggests a diet that is rich in flesh. This is due to climate differences.Northern Chinais at a higher latitude. This weather is difficult to grow vegetables in. Therefore, northerners tend to eat more meat.The study also found differences in the immune systems of both groups. Most people in southernChinacarry the gene CR1, which protects against malaria. Malaria was once quite common in southernChina. In order to survive, the genes of people in the south evolved to fight against this disease. However, people in the south are also more sensitive to certain illnesses, as they lack the genes to stop them.Genes can also cause physical differences between northerners and southerners. Most northerners have theABCC11 gene, which causes dry earwax, less body smell and fewer sweats. These physical differences are also more beneficial to living in cold environments. Southerners are less likely to have this gene, as it did not develop in their population.12. What did the new study focus on?A. Regions.B. Eating habits.C. Gene variations.D. Ethnic minority groups.13. What is the main function of the gene FADS2?A. It helps store fat.B. It helps digest meat.C. It helps gain weight.D. It helps treat an illness.14. According to the study, most northerners ________.A. sweat less frequentlyB. are immune to malariaC. prefer vegetables to meatD. are more sensitive to climates15. How many differences did the study find related to genes?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.D. Five.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2019-2020学年中山市杨仙逸中学高三英语月考试卷及答案
2019-2020学年中山市杨仙逸中学高三英语月考试卷及答案第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ABritain's brilliant bridges have supported trade, brought communities together andare always the mostexciting part of the journey. These must-see bridges are now tourist attractions in their own right.Clifton Suspension Bridge, BristolDescribed byits legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel as “my first love, my darling", it was originally designed for horse-drawn traffic. Now, more than four million vehicles a year cross the 1,352ft-long toll（通行费）bridge over the Avon Gorge. The £ 1 toll for every journey pays for its maintenance. The history of the bridge, dating back to 1864, is kept alive through a programme of tours, events and exhibitions.Infinity Bridge, Stockton-On-TeesA pedestrian（行人）and cycle footbridge across the River Tees, its working title was the North Shore Footbridge, before it was given its grander name when opened in 2009. It is particularly incredible at night. The arches（拱形）of the bridge are also lit white and, on calm nights, their reflection in the water appears as an infinity（无穷大）symbol, thus inspiring the name which was chosen by the public.Tower Bridge, LondonAn engineering wonder built from thousands of tons of Portland stone and steel, it took construction workers eight years to complete. More than 120 years old, it's a popular tourist attraction, as well as a functional bridge. Visitors can take in the views over the capital, experience seeing London life through the Glass Floor, and visit the Victorian Engine Rooms.Iron Bridge, ShropshireOpened in 1781 , this is the first arch bridge in the world made out of cast iron. Recognised as one of the great symbols of the industrial revolution, it transformed the craft of bridge building and was a crucial factor in the development of the iron trade in Shropshire.1. Which bridge has the longest history?A. Clifton Suspension Bridge.B. Infinity Bridge.C. Tower Bridge.D. Iron Bridge.2. What can we know about Infinity Bridge?A. It was originally meant for pedestrains.B. The public give it two names.C. Ifs well worth visiting at night.D. Its arch is bigger than any other bridge's.3. What makes Clifton Suspension Bridge different from the other bridges introduced?A. It charges drivers for each passing.B. It offers walkers a good view at night.C. It was made from thousands of stones.D. It's a symbol of the industrial revolution.BMark Twain,the famous American writer,was once traveling in France.He went by trainto Dijon.He was very tired and wanted to sleep.He therefore asked the conductor to wake him up when the train came to Dijon.But first he explained he was a very heavy sleeper,“I may possibly protest(抗议)loudly when you try to wake me up,” he said to the conductor.“But don’t take any notice of what I say.Just put me off the train anyway.”Then Mark Twain went to ter,when he woke up it was night time and the train had reached Paris already.He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon.He was so angry that he ran to the conductor and began to shout at him.“I have never been so angry in my life,” Mark Twain said.The conductor looked at him calmly(平静地).“You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off the train atDijon,” he said.4. Mark Twain knew that he was a heavy sleeper,so ________.A. he protested loudly to the conductorB. he did not sleep before he arrived inDijonC. he told the conductor to wake him up no matter how loudly he might protestD. he slept lightly that time5. The conductor didn’t wake up Mark Twain atDijonbecause ________.A. he didn’t take Mark Twain’s words seriouslyB. he forgot Mark Twain’s words when the train came toDijonC. he did not want to bear his protestD. he mistook another American traveler for Mark Twain6. The American whom the conductor put off the train ________.A. did not want to get off atDijonB. wanted to get off atParisC. wanted to get off atDijonD. did not want to get off atParis7. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The conductor didn’t take Mark Twain’s words seriously.B. The conductor did take Mark Twain’s words seriously.C. The conductor was a heavy sleeper.D. Mark Twain must get off atParis.CPaper is one of our oldest, simplest and most important inventions. But it also presents a danger to the world in two important ways. First, the making of paper requires the loss of many millions of trees each year. And worldwide use of paper is expected to double in the next 40 years. Clearly, the planet cannot stand such a high rate of forest loss. The second great problem with paper is what happens once it is no longer useful. A large amount of wastepaper ends up in landfills, where it can produce harmful gases and finally contribute to global climate change.One simple solution can greatly reduce both of these problems: paper recycling. Instead of cutting down trees, recycle existing paper to feed the paper-making process.Paper is mainly made from cellulose (纤维素)，which can be used repeatedly in papermaking. Unfortunately, it also means that paper waste takes a surprisingly long time to break down in landfills. So far, trees are the only source(来源) of cellulose that can fill the great demand for paper products. Therefore, recycling paper is simply one of the best ways to save trees. Thanks to advances in processing, recycled paper need not be the dark-color1 edstuff many of us are familiar with. It now can offer the same print performance as non-recycled paper.Effective recycling requires a continuous effort from everyone at all levels of society. The way to begin is with education and understanding. Once enough people realize the need for recycling, more effective recycling systems can be developed.The need is real. The massive loss of trees affects everybody on earth. Everyone should do their part to recycle paper and encourage government and industry to do the same. The world will be a better place for it!8. What can we infer from the text?A. The use of recycled paper will double in 40 years.B. Recycling paper helps relieve global climate change.C. Wastepaper can easily break down in landfills.D. There are not enough landfills for wastepaper.9. What makes recycled paper more acceptable?A. The great demand of trees.B. The low processing cost.C. Its dark-color1 ed feature.D. Its improved print performance.10. What does the author propose?A. Punishing the act of cutting trees.B. Recycling paper.C. Improving recycling system.D. Promoting paper industry.11. How is the text mainly developed?A. By analyzing causes and effects.B. By offering research plans and data.C. By discussing problems and solutions.D. By comparing strengths and weaknesses.DThe common use of Google Maps, a navigation(导航) app on smartphones, raises the age-old question we meet with any technology:What skills are we losing? But also, crucially: What capabilities are we gaining?People who are good at finding their way around or good at using paper maps usually experience lots of confusion with digital maps. For example, they may mess up the direction of north and south, and you can see only a small section at a time. But consider what digital navigation aids have meant for someone like me. Despite being a frequent traveler, I’m so terrible at finding my way that I still use Google Maps almost every day in the small town where I have lived for many years. What seems unnecessary to some has been a significant expansion of my own capabilities.Part of the problem is that reading paper maps requires a specific skill set. There is nothing natural about them. In many developed nations, street names and house numbers are meaningful, and instructions such as “go north for three blocks and then west” usually make sense. In Istanbul, in contrast, where I grew up, none of those hold true. For one thing, the locals rarely use street names, and house numbers often aren’tsequentialeither because after buildings 1, 2 and 3 were built, someone squeezed in another house between 1 and 2, and now that’s 4. But then 5 will maybe get built after 3, and 6 will be between 2 and 3. Besides, the city is full of winding and ancient streets that meet with newer ones. Therefore, instructions as simple as “go north” would require a helicopter. I got lost all the time.But since I used Google Maps, I travel with a lot more confidence, and my world has opened up. And because I go to more places more confidently, I believe my native navigation skills have somewhat improved, too.That brings me back to my original question: while we often lose some skills after seeking convenience from technology, this new setup may also allow us to expand our capabilities and do something more confidently.Maybe when technology closes a door, we should also look for the doors it opens.12. How does the author feel about Google Maps?A Confusing. B. Unnecessary. C. Complicated. D. Helpful.13. Which contributes to the difficulty of finding ways in Istanbul?A. Strange street names.B. Ordinary paper maps.C. Complex road arrangements.D. Lack of road instructions.14. What does the underlined word “sequential” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. In a fixed order.B. In good condition.C. Of great importance.D. Of the same kind.15. What column of a newspaper may this passage belong to?A. Fashion.B. Opinion.C. Society.D. Geography.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2020-2021学年中山市杨仙逸中学高三英语二模试卷及答案
2020-2021学年中山市杨仙逸中学高三英语二模试卷及答案第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AThese wonderful NYC attractions offer pay — what — you — wish days, free entry hours/days and other great stuff for local families.Staten IslandZooThere are plenty of creatures who call NYC home—the Staten Island Zoo is one of them. Once you’ve finished learning about the wildlife in the animal nursery, reptile (爬行动物) side rooms, horse barn and other areas of the attraction, make sure to mark your schedule for fun seasonal happenings, such as the Easter Egg Games and the scary, crazy Halloween Shows.Entry on Wednesdays is by suggested donation; children aged two and under free.Children’s Museum of the ArtsThe Children’s Museum of the Arts welcomes 135,000 little visitors each year through its doors. Once inside, the whole family can enjoy interactive programs, exhibitions (展览) and events that celebrate the changed power of the arts on youngsters and grown-ups alike.Pay-as-you-wish Thursdays, 3-6 p. m.Wave HillEveryone needs a few hours of calm now and then-kids included-and you’d be hard- pressed to find a more peaceful spot within city limits than Wave Hill the broad grounds located above the river, covering 28 acres of public gardens, plus woodlands and grasses to wander. Jump in on nature walks, story times and family art projects often led by local artists and free with general admission.Pay — as — you — wish Tuesdays and Saturdays,9 a. m — noon.New York Hall of ScienceNaturally, kids love it when the New York Hall of Science pleases them with neat exhibits and fun hands-on activities. The museum’s playground is themost attractivetochildren A tube slide (管道滑梯) will give little ones the knowledge on science topics, while the climbing area mirrors a giant spider web. There are also wind pipes, metal drums, sand- boxes and much more. What better way to make the mostout of science?Free entry Sep-Jun on Fridays, 2 — 5 p. m，and Sundays, 10 —11 a. m.1. What can children do in Staten Island Zoo?A. Feed injured animals.B. Join in seasonal activities.C. Build a home for creatures.D. Deal with the donations to the zoo.2. What do Children’s Museum of the Arts and Wave Hill have in common?A. They both have peaceful spots.B. They both are located by a river.C. They both have public gardens.D. They both have activities about arts.3. Which place can be free of charge for all?A. Wave Hill.B.Staten IslandZoo.C. New York Hall of Science.D. Children’s Museum of the Arts.BJoy Mangano is now an American inventor. She was divorced and had three kids under age 7 when she was 33, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra hours as a waitress. “There were times when I would lie in bed and think. I didn't know how I was going to pay that bill,” Mangano says.But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious thing. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired, of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing (拧) out a mop,” Mangano says. “So, There's gotta be a better way.”How about a “self-wringing” mop? She designed a special tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry. She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets.Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes (电视迷) buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed Mangano was sure it would sell if they'd let her do the on-camera display. She said, “Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it's a great item.”So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took a chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network. Talking about the household invention, Mangano says, “It is as natural for me as it is fora parent to talk about their child.”4. What is the first paragraph mainly about?A. Mangano's small home.B. Mangano's work experience.C. Mangano's unhappy marriage.D. Mangano's hard living conditions.5. Mangano sold the mop successfully with the help of ________.A. HSNB. QVCC. couch potatoesD. experts on shopping TV6. What does Mangano think of her invention?A. Normal.B. Special.C. Unsatisfactory.D. Unbelievable.7. What can we learn from the text?A. HSN is a business organization that sells goods on the Internet.B. The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop.C. Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience.D Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family.CEarthquake can disrupt whales’ hunting for food for up to a year,according to a new study.On November 14, 2016, the Kaikoura earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island, causing a destructive tsunami. Under the surface, the earthquake caused strong currents that swept away and mostly killed off diverse ecosystems of creatures living along the Kaikoura underwater canyon.As a result, whales had to dive deeper and longer to find food—“a major shift” in their behavior, says co-author Liz Slooten, a marine biologist at the University of Otago in New Zealand.The impact earthquakes have on land animals has been well documented, but scientists know ly little about what happens underwater. Such research is important for government agencies, which may need to take recent earthquakes into consideration when considering fishing quotas（限额）, notes Rochelle Constantine, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Auckland.The canyon’s upper reaches are rich in creatures, supplying food for the fish that make up the whales’ diet. So when these smaller life forms were washed away, it had “severe consequences for the community around there”, says study co-author Will Rayment. “That effect flowed all the way through the food chain.”As part of their ongoing study, the scientists were tracking 42 individual whales. After the earthquake, in all, the team managed to record data on 40 whales, showing that the abundance of whales in the general area didn’t change after the earthquake. However, the whales changed how they used their habitat.A year after the earthquake, the researchers observed the whales returning to their previous surface-breathing intervals. This could have been because the communities of animals that make up the whales’ food began to recover. “It gives you an idea of how resilient（有复原力的）these deep-sea communities are,” says Rayment.But he and his colleagues will continue long-term monitoring to see if there are effects they missed. Whale activity in the area had already been declining, though it’s unknown whether it is due to natural changes in food abundance, whale-watching tourism, fishing, or warming ocean temperatures. “There is something going on in Kaikoura,” says Rayment.8. What happened after the Kaikoura earthquake in the Kaikoura canyon?A. Several destructive tsunamis struck the area.B. Whales had to swim to other oceans to find food.C. Nearly all marine creatures in Kaikoura were killed off.D. Strong currents washed away many smaller creatures.9. Which is one of the findings of the study?A. Earthquakes can make it easier for whales to find food.B. The whales changed their habitat after the earthquake.C. It usually takes whales a year to adapt to their new diet.D. The number of whales in the area dropped sharply after the quake.10. What does Rochelle Constantine think of the study?A. It can help government agencies to make some decisions about fishing.B. It can help government agencies to solve problems in the fishing industry.C. It is a breakthrough in research on what happens underwater after an earthquake.D. It offers a detailed description of the impact earthquake have on marine mammals.11. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. Something is affecting the whale activity in Kaikoura.B. Fishing quotas have been increasing in recent years.C. The team missed some effects in the research process.D. The scientists will continue studying earthquakes.DMark Bertram lost the tips of two fingers at work in 2018 when his hand became trapped in a fan belt. “It’s life-changing but it’s not life-ending,”he says.After two surgeries and occupational therapy, Bertram decided to ask Eric Catalano, a tattoo artist, to create fingernail tattoos. The idea made everyone in the studio laugh—until they saw the final result. “The mood changed,” Catalano recalls from his Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio in Hecker, Illinois. “Everything turned from funny to wow.”Catalano posted a photo of the tattoos, and it eventually was viewed by millions of people around the world. The viral photo pushed Catalano, 40, further into the world of paramedical tattooing. Now people who want to cover their life-altering scars come from as far away as Ireland to visit his shop.Leslie Pollan, a dog breeder, was bitten on the face by a puppy. She underwent countless surgeries but those gave her no hope. She ultimately traveled six hours for a session with Catalano. HecamouflagedPollan’s lip scar, giving her back confidence.Though he is now known for his talent with intricate fingernail, Catalano uses the techniques he picked up years ago while helping breast cancer survivors. Those tattoos are among the most common paramedical requests. His grandmother had breast cancer, and her battle with the disease is one reason Catalano is so dedicated to helping those with the diagnosis.Catalano performs up to eight reconstructive tattoos each “Wellness Wednesday”. While he charges $100 per regular tattoo, he doesn’t charge for paramedical tattoos: A GoFundMe page established last year brought in more than $16,000, allowing Catalano to donate his work.“Financially, it doesn’t make sense,” Catalano says. “But every time I see emotions from my customers, I am 100 percent sure this is something that I can’t stop doing.”12. How did people in the studio react to Bertram’s idea at first?A. They took it lightly.B. They found it creative.C. They were confused.D. They were impressed.13. What does the underlined word “camouflaged” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Exposed.B. Hid.C. Ignored.D. Removed.14. What does Catalano say about his work with paramedical tattoos?A. It is flexible.B. It is demanding.C. It is profitable.D. It is rewarding.15. Which of the following can best describe Catalano?A. Humorous and experienced.B. Devoted and generous.C. Cooperative and grateful.D. Professional and tolerant.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2020-2021学年中山杨仙逸中学高三英语二模试卷及参考答案
2020-2021学年中山杨仙逸中学高三英语二模试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ADo you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone’s life? If yes, don’t care about sex or age! Come and join us, then you’ll make it!Position:Volunteer Social Care Assistant (No Pay with Free Meals)Place:ManchesterHours:Part TimeWe are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left. Don’t miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others!Role:You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued.Skills and Experience Required:You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since you’ll have to help those people with different learning disabilities. Previous care-related experience will be a great advantage for you.1.The text is meant to_________.A.carry an adB.send an invitationC.present a documentD.leave a note2.The volunteers’ primary responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities__________.A.to learn new living skillsB.to get some financial supportC.to properly protect themselvesD.to realize their own importance3.Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?A.The one who can drive a car.B.The one who can speak English fluently.C.The one who has relevant work experience.D.The one who has the patience to listen to others.BImust have always known reading was very important because the first memories I have as a child deal with books. There was not one night that I don’t remember mom reading me a storybook by my bedside. I was extremely inspired by the wonderful way the words sounded.I always wanted to know what my mom was reading. Hearing mom say, “I can’t believe what’s printed in the newspaper this morning,” made me want to grab it out of her hands and read it myself. I wanted to be like my mom and know all of the things she knew. So I carried around a book, and each night, just to be like her, I would pretend to be reading.This is how everyone learned to read. We would start off with sentences, then paragraphs, and then stories. It seemed an unending journey, but even as a six-year-old girl I realized that knowing how to read could open many doors. When mom said, “The C-A-N-D-Y is hidden on the top shelf,” I knew where the candy was. My progress in reading raised my curiosity, and I wanted to know everything. I often found myself telling my mom to drive more slowly, so that I could read all of the road signs we passed.Most of my reading through primary, middle and high school was factual reading. I read for knowledge, and to make A’s on my tests. Sometimes, I would read a novel that was assigned, but I didn’t enjoy this type of reading.I liked facts, things that are concrete. I thought anything abstract left too much room for argument.Now that I’m growing and the world I once knew as being so simple is becoming more complex, I find myself needing a way to escape. By opening a novel, I can leave behind my burdens and enter into a wonderful and mysterious world where I am now a new character. In these worlds I can become anyone. I don’t have to write down what happened or what technique the author was using when he or she wrote this. I just read to relax.We’re taught to read because it’s necessary for much of human understanding. Reading is an important part of my life. Reading satisfies my desire to keep learning. And I’ve found that the possibilities that lie within books are limitless.4. Why did the author want to grab the newspaper out of mom’s hands？A. She wanted mom to read the news to her.B. She couldn’t wait to tear the newspaper apart.C. She couldn’t help but stopmom from reading.D. She was eager to know what had happened.5. According to Paragraph 3, the author’s reading of road signs shows___________.A. her own way to find herselfB. her eagerness to develop her reading abilityC. her growing desire to know the world around herD. her effort to remind mom to obey traffic rules6. The author takes novel reading as a way to___________.A. explore a mysterious landB. develop an interest in learningC. get away from a confusing worldD. learn about the adult world7. What could be the best title for the passage？A The Pleasure of Reading B. Growing Up with ReadingC. The Magic of ReadingD. Reading Makes a Full ManCThe health benefits of staying active are already well-known. It can help you manage weight, keep blood sugar levels down and reduce risk factors for heart disease.Now, a new study suggests that regularly playing sports, especially badminton or tennis, is not only healthy but also reduces your risk of death, at any age, by approximately 50%. This is a big scale population study to explore the health benefits of sports in terms of death rate. The study evaluated responses from 80, 306 adults aged 30 and above inEnglandandScotland, who were surveyed about their health, lifestyle and exercise patterns.After adjusting factors such as age, sex, weight, smoking habits, alcohol use, education and other forms of exercise besidesthe named sports, the researchers compared the risk of death among people who took part in a sport to those who didn’t. The percentage of reduced risk of death was found to be: 47% for racket（球拍）sports, 28% for swimming and 15% for cycling.In addition to this, the study didn’t find any significant reduction in the risk for sports like running and football. The findings also exposed that over 44% of the participants met the guidelines for the recommended exercise levels to stay fit and healthy, which amounts to 150 minutes of moderate(适度的) physical activity in a week.Does this mean you stop running or playing football and switch to tennis instead? Every kind of sport and physical activity has different physical, social and mental benefits attached to it. The apparent lack of benefits of running and football could result from several variables that were not taken into account.Being active helps you feel happier and live longer. So, the most important step is to take part in any kind of sport that you are likely to enjoy and follow in the long term.8. How is the study conducted?A. By doing comparative experiments.B. By analyzing previous data.C. By evaluating survey information.D. By tracking participants for a long time.9. What does the underlined part “the named sports” refer to?A. Ball sports.B. Racket sports.C. Individual sports.D. Traditional sports.10. What can we infer from paragraph 5?A. Few people will play football.B. Tennis will become more popular.C. The result of this study is wrong.D. The study needs to be further improved.11. What does the author advise people to do?A. Stick to any sport that you like.B. Play badminton and tennis only.C. Stop running and playing football.D. Do any sport according to guidelines.DChimps use loud calls and gestures to make their feelings known but until now, the exact meaning for individual movements has remained a mystery. Now researchers believe they have translated the key gestures used in the chimp community and identified their intentions for the first time.From 4,351 gestures, experts were able to identify 66 that are used for 19 specific message meanings, including showing a foot to tell a child they can climb on their back. The researchers were able to narrow down these 66 gestures to 36 that are used intentionally to achieve 15 purposes. The translations were made by Dr Catherine Hobaiter and her colleagues at St Andrews University in Scotland.Dr Hobaiter used behavior sampling and filmed all recorded cases of gestural communication. Other gestures include stomping their feet to ask another chimp to stop what they are doing, and slapping objects together to ask another to follow them. Of the 19 meanings,17 encouraged interactions to start, or to develop, such as “move closer,” and “change play”. Some of the gestures were found to have more than one meaning. and only 10 of the 66 gestures were used for only a single meaning.Researchers collected a total of 471 video clips from two social groups of chimps at a shelter near Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. As well as identifying what the gesture means, they also discovered the technique needed to increase the chances of success.“Human children use gestures to communicate before they produce their first words, and their earliest gestures typically appear around 10 months of age,” explained the researchers. “In great apes, there is good evidence that language-trained individuals are capable of acquiring and understanding signals, but this is far less clear in their natural communication. ”12. Chimps slap the objects to____________.A. tell others to stop what they are doingB. ask others chimps to join themC. gather other chimps to move closerD. encourage interactions to start13. What did researchers find after studying 471 video clips?A. Chimps trained in language are good at understanding signals.B. Two social groups of chimps live at a shelter near Kinshasa.C. Language-trained individuals do well in natural communication.D. Chimps’earliest gestures appear around 10 months of age.14. How is the last paragraph developed?A. By analyzing causes.B. By examining differences.C By making comparisons. D. By following time order.15. What can be a suitable title for the text?A A New Research on Chimps B. Human Children and ChimpsC. Getting the Chimps Trained for LanguageD. Translating the Sign Language of Chimps第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2019-2020学年中山市杨仙逸中学高三英语月考试卷及答案
2019-2020学年中山市杨仙逸中学高三英语月考试卷及答案第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AWhile Jennifer was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a monitor（监控器）a few hundred miles away was watching her every move.Using a web camera equipped in Jennifer'sLos Angelesapartment, the monitor inPhoenixtracked how frequently her eyes moved from the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the room. Her Internet access was locked remotely to prevent Internet searches, and her typing style was analyzed to make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the past？Or was she slowing down？In the battle against cheating, this is thecutting edgeand a key to encourage honesty in the booming field of online education. This technology gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams and diplomas are valid — that students haven't searched the Internet to get the right answers.Although online classes have existed for more than a decade, the concern over cheating has become sharper in the last year with the growth of "open online courses". Private colleges, public universities and corporations are jumping into the online education field, spending millions of dollars to attract potential students, while also taking steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.Aside from the web cameras, a number of other high-tech methods are becoming increasingly popular. Among them are programs that check students’ identities using personal information, such as the telephone numbers they once used.Other programs can produce unique exams by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test questions are answered at the same speed as easy ones. As in many university classes, term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks for cheating.1. Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam?A. To correct her typing mistakes.B. To find her secrets in the room.C. To keep her from dishonest deeds.D. To prevent her from slowing down.2. What does the underlined expression "cutting edge" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. sharpening toolB. advanced techniqueC. effective ruleD. dividing line3. How can some programs find out possiblecheaters?A. By scanning the Internet test questions.B. By checking the question answering speed.C. By producing a large number of questions.D. By giving difficult test questions.BAccording to the study posted onScienceDirect, gardening just two to three times a week increase the benefits of better well-being as much as possible and lower stress levels.The research explored why residents engaged with gardening and the extent to which they recognized any health benefits from the activity.A questionnaire was handed out electronically within theUK, with 5,766 gardeners and 249 non-gardeners responding. Data was collected on factors including garden typology（类型学）, frequency of gardening and individual awareness of health and well-being."This is the first time the dose response（剂量效应）to gardening has been tested and the evidence from the survey strongly suggests that the more frequently you garden, the greaterthe health benefits," said Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) lead author Dr Lauriane Chalmin-Pui. In fact, gardening every day has the same positive impact on well-being than undertaking regular and powerful exercise like cycling or running.When gardening, our brains are pleasantly entertained by nature around us. Gardening takes our attention away from ourselves and our stresses, therefore, it helps restore our minds and reduce unfavorable feelings.Improving health, however, was not the main motive power to garden, but rather the direct pleasure gardening brought to the participants."Gardening is like effortless exercise because it doesn't feel as exhausting and hard as going to the gym, for example, but we canexpendsimilar amounts of energy," Chalmin-Pui added.Most people say they garden for pleasure and enjoyment, so people who like gardening may be easy to be addicted to it. However, this sometimes may become a piece of good news, from the aspect of mental health. "We hope all the millions of new gardeners will be getting their daily gardening and feeling all the better for it. "Chalmin-Pui said in the interview.4. What can be inferred about gardening from the survey?A. Improving health is the aim of the participants.BGardening makes no difference to health.C. Health benefits from frequent gardening.D. Too much gardening always does harm to health.5. What does the underlined word "expend" mean in paragraph 7?A. Consume.B. Make use of.C. Increase.D. Save.6. Why do so many participantslike gardening?A. It isn't exhausting.B. It is good for health.C. It brings pleasure.D. It is like going to the gym.7. What is Chalmin-Pui's attitude to the new gardeners' gardening?A. Carefree.B. SupportiveC. Tolerant.D. Indifferent.CPeople from Britain and Ireland first came to live in Australia in 1788. They brought different dialects (方言) of English with them. These different kinds of English began to mix and change. The newcomers soon began to speak with their own typical accent (口音) and vocabulary. More and more people came to Australia during the Gold Rush in the 19th and 20th centuries. Some came from Britain and Ireland; others came from non-English speaking countries. Australian English continued to grow and change.Australian English has also been influenced by American English. During the Second World War, there were many American soldiers staying in Australia. More importantly, American television shows and music have been popular in Australia since the 1950s.Australians use many words that other English speakers do not use. The famous Australian greeting, for example, is G’day! A native forest is called the bush and central Australia is called the outback. Many words were brought to Australia from Britain and Ireland. For example, mate means “friend”, and it is still used in Britain. Some of these words have changed in meaning. Some words have come from Australian original languages, many of which are names for animals, plants and places, like dingo and kangaroo.Australian spelling comes from British spelling. In words like organise and realise, -ise is the expected and taught spelling method. In words like colour, favourite, -ouris the normal, but nouns such as the Labor Party and Victor Harbor are spelled with -or. Program, on the other hand, is more common than programme.There are also differences in the definition (定义) of words Australians use in different parts of the country. For example, football means “rugby” in New South Wales and Queensland, but “Australian rules football" in everywhere else in Australia. In New South Wales, a swimming costume is called a cossie or swimmers, while in Queensland it is called togs and bathers in Victoria.8. What does paragraph 1 mainly talk about?A. Reasons why English is important.B. Different dialects of Australian English.C. Various aspects that Australian English has been influenced.D. Changes of the accent and vocabulary in English.9. According to the text, which of the following is spoken only by Australians?A. Mate.B. Outback.C. Program.D. Rugby.10. Which is the following can best describe Australian English?A. Confusing and interesting.B. Multicultural and creative.C. Crazy and boring.D. Unchangeable and mixed.11. What might be the best title for the text?A. The History of AustraliaB. The Birth of Australian EnglishC. The Development of Australian EnglishD Different Kinds of English Across the WorldDThe modern Olympics, which appeared in ancient Greece as many as 3,000 years ago, have become the world’s most important sporting competition. From the 8th century B. C. to the 4th century A. D., the the ancient Olympics were held every four years in Olympia in honor of the god Zeus. The first modern Olympics took place in1896 inAthens, and featured 280 participants from 13 nations, competing in 43 events. Since 1994, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games have been held separately every two years. The 2020 Summer Olympics, delayed one year because of the COVID-19, was held in Japan in 2021.The ancient Olympics were held every four years between August 6 and September 19 during a festival honoring Zeus. The Games were named for their location (位置) at Olympia, a place near the western coast insouthern Greece. Their influence was so great that ancient historians began to measure time by the Olympic Games held every four years.After the Roman Empire conquered (征服) Greece in the mid-2nd century B.C., the Games continued, but their standards and quality dropped. For example from 67 A. D., the Emperor Nero entered an Olympic horse race, announcing himself the winner even after he fell off hishorse during the event. In 393 A. D., Emperor TheodosiusⅠended the ancient Olympic tradition.It was another 1,500 years before the Games rose again, largely thanks to the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937) of France. Working hard at the development of physical education, the young man became inspired by the idea of creating a modern Olympic Games after visiting the ancient Olympic building. In November 1892, at a meeting of the Union des Sports Athlétiques in Paris, Coubertin suggested the idea of making the Olympics an international athletic competition held every four years. Two years later, he got the approval (批准) he needed to found the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), which would become the governing body of the modern Olympic Games.12. What do we know about the modern Olympics?A. The modern Olympics became famous in the 18th century.B. The first Winter Olympics was held in 1994.C. The first modern Olympics dates back to 1896.D. The latest Winter Olympics will delay for two years.13. How often were the ancient Olympics held?A. Every year.B. Every other year.C. Every three years.D. Every four years.14. When did the ancient Olympics end?A. In 393 A. D.B. In 67 A. D.C. In the mid-2nd century B. C.D. About 1,500 years ago.15. What is the best title of the text?A. The ancient OlympicsB. The modern OlympicsC. The Olympics developed through yearsD. The Olympics are popular in modern time第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
广东省中山市杨仙逸中学2015-2016学年高二上学期期中英语试卷
广东省中山市杨仙逸中学2015-2016学年高二上学期期中英语试卷杨仙逸中学2015-2016学年上学期中段考试卷高二英语第一部分阅读理解(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，从小每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
AOne of the best-known American writers of children’s books is Alfred Strong, or Doctor Strong, as he is better known to readers everywhere. Now, an art show called “Doctor Strong From Then to Now” is travelling around the United States. The pictures and drawings show the history of Doctor Strong.Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty y ears ago when his first children’s book was published. Since then, he has written forty-five books that have sold more than one hundred million copies around the world.Doctor Strong’s books are known for their easy use of words and colorful, hand-drawn pictures. These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures. The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and hundreds of others.The San Diego Museum, in California, organized the art show. It included about three hundred Doct or Strong’s original(最早的) drawings and some of his writings.Most of Doctor Strong’s books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages. For example, in Mc Elligot’s Pool, he describes the danger of pollution. He discusses the arms race in The Butter Battle Book, written in nineteen eighty-four.Doctor Strong is almost eighty-four years old now. He says he never planned to write stories just for children. He says he writes stories that interest people of all ages. He says he uses easy words so that everyone, even a child, canunderstand.1. Alfred Strong is a famous _______ in the United States.A. doctorB. artistC. writerD. reader2. Doctor Strong first became famous in _______.A. his eighties when an art show was travelling around the United StatesB. his fifties when his drawings and writings were publishedC. nineteen eighty-four when his book MeEligot’s Pool was publishedD. his thirties when his first book was published3. Doctor Strong’s books are very popular in America because _______.A. they are stories about animals such as cats, elephants and so onB. they are written in easy words with colourful picturesC. he organized the art show in CaliforniaD. they are written in a funny way4. His purpose in writing many such books is_______.A. to show his original pictures and drawingsB. to organize a special art show of his ownC. to make his readers laugh or smile when they read his booksD. not only to interest people but to expose(uncover) some serious social problemsBOne of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have friends，you have to be a friend. But how can you be a good friend at school?Listen—Listen when they are talking. Don't say anything unless they ask you a question. Sometimes it's not necessary for you to have anything to say；they just need someone to talk to about their feelings.Help them—If your friend is ever in need of something，be there to help them. You should try to put them first，but make sure you don't do everything they want you to do. Try to take an extra (额外的) pencil or pen with you to classes in case (以防) they forget one. Have a little extra money in your pocket in case they forget something they need.Be there for them—Try to make something for your friends to help make them feel better in hard times. Making cards and encouraging them are among the nicest things you can do for a friend. Marilyn Monroe，a famous U．S. actor，once said，“I often make mistakes. Sometimes I am out of control. But if you can't stay with me at my worst，you are sure not to deserve (值得) to be with me at my best.”Always remember this！If you don't want to stay with your friends when they're in hard times，then you don't deserve to be with them when they're having a good time!________—Try to make plans with yourfriends.Go shopping，go for ice cream，have a party，go to the movies and so on.Take time to know each other even better by doing something you both enjoy. By planning things together，you both can have a good time. And you'll remember these things when you're all old!5．While your friend is talking to you about his or her feelings，you should ________．A．give him or her some advice B．just listen unless askedC．calm him or her down D．share your feelings as well6．When we provide help for our friends，we should ________．A．try to do everything for them B．put them before ourselvesC．change their bad habits first D．ignore their faults7．What can we learn from Marilyn Monroe's words?A．Life without a friend is death.B．A friend is easier lost than found.C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.D．A man is known by his friends.8．What is the passage mainly about?A．How to find a good friend.B．How to help friends in trouble.C．How to be a good friend.D．How to make more friends.CThirteen, for me, was a challenging year. My parents divorced (离婚) and I moved to a new town with my father, far from my old family and friends.I was terribly lonely and would cry myself to sleep each night. To ease my sadness, my father purchased an old horse for me at a local auction. I named him Cowboy.Cowboy was without a doubt the ugliest horse in the world. But I didn't care. I loved him beyond all reason.I joined a riding club and suffered rudecomments and mean snickers about Cowboy's looks.I never let out about how I felt, but deep inside, my heart was breaking. The other members rode beautiful，registered horses.When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse is judged on appearance，we were quickly shown_the_gate. No amount of preparation and love would turn Cowboy into a beauty. My only chance to compete would be in the speed events. I chose the jumping race.One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events. She always won the blue ribbons. Needless to say，she didn't feel threatened when I competed against her at the next show. She didn't need to. I came in next to last.The stinging memory of Becky's smirks made me determined to beat her. For the whole next month I woke up early every day and rode Cowboy five miles to the arena(赛马场). We practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home totally exhausted.All of our hard work didn't make me feel confident by the time the show came. I sat at the gate and sweated it out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the course and finish in first place.My turn finally came. I put on my hat, rubbed Cowboy's neck and entered the arena. At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence，jumped it without trouble and raced on to the next one. Cowboy then flew over the second，third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line.As we crossed the line the crowd was shocked into silence. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds!I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds，I'd always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it.9．The underline d expression “shown the gate” in Paragraph 4 most probably means“_____”．A．told how to enter the arenaB．shown how to make the horse beautifulC．removed from the competition earlyD．told to enter the timed speed events 10．Why was the writer not confident of victory?A．He was an inexperienced rider.B．He had not practiced enough.C．He believed he was unpopular with the crowd.D．He thought his horse wasn't as good as the others.11．When the final race finished, nobody cheered because ________．A．the audience didn't like CowboyB．people envied the writerC．the win was unexpectedD．the writer had run out of time12．What did the writer learn from his experience?A．Life can sometimes be unfair.B．Anything is possible if one tries hard enough.C．A positive attitude will bring success.D．One should not make judgments based on appearance.DNeither television nor radio nor magazines nor books nor any other medium can begin to match newspapers for depth and breadth of coverage(新闻报道). In fact, all these media themselves depend on newspapers to bring them information that they then process and distribute as their own brand of news.Now many newspapers are locked in a struggle for survival. If they lose—which is by no means impossible—we all lose.The great task for editors and publishers is to respond to the competitive challenge caused by online news, and at the same time use their own online news to increase their profits(利润). As yet，they haven't figured out a smooth and sure wayto do that.So they cut some more to get profit. The cuts in size that they are making are in some cases risky and in others without considering the results. With every cut, publishers tirelessly argue that readers won't even know the difference. The trouble is that by the time customers do notice that they are getting less for their money，it will be too late—too late to notice the reduction in the number of readers.The other big cuts, of course, are in staff(员工). The victims would be the oldest and most experienced workers because they are the highest paid. While there is plenty of tired deadwood among them，there is also a lot of talent.When experienced staff leave in large numbers —as they often do now—the newspaper loses great professional memory. But the real loser is the readers, who are suddenly robbed of the insights(见识) that only the experienced reporters can bring.As for the future, there is at least one big,bright sign：intelligent young people will continue to flood into journalism in urgent search of jobs, despite its high demands and modest(不太高的) pay.13．The underlined word “deadwood” in Paragraph 5 may refers to “________”．A．the staff who are going to retireB．workers who are experiencedC．people who are no longer useful or needed D．reporters who are tired of covering events 14．According to the passage，which of the following can best describe the author's attitude towards the ways the editors and publishers have adopted to get profit?A．The author has no objection.B．The author opposes them.C．The author regards them reasonable.D．The author has not shown it explicitly. 15．Who will be the real loser if newspapers lose according to the passage?A．Publishers. B．Readers. C．Editors.D．Writers.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。
高三英语月考试题及答案-中山市杨仙逸中学2016届高三上学期第一次月考
2015-2016学年高三第一次月考英语试题第I卷第一部分阅读理解(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。
AI got tired of living the life that everybody told me I “should” be living, so one day I decided to start living life in my own ways. Frustrated（挫败）with my job, I came home, put on my shoes, and just started running. It felt so good to be free. That first day I ended up running 30 miles without stopping. Yes, I had rediscovered my old passion ( 酷爱的事物) — and it felt so good that I set a goal to support myself and my family from my running alone.I trained hard every day. Since I wanted to be the best I could be, I knew I would have to set some clear goals for myself. A couple of my goals were: run a 135-mile ultra-marathon(超级马拉松) across Death Valley, win the Badwater Ultra-Marathon, and run a marathon to the South Pole.I had no idea how I was going to achieve these goals, but they certainly encouraged me to work hard. Today, I am really grateful to say that I have achieved all of them. Shortly after completing these goals, I set another goal: to run fifty marathons, in fifty states, in fifty days. Nobody had done anything like this before. To be honest, I was not quite sure if I could. But there was only one way to find out…so I just started training and preparing to give it my best try.I completed that goal one year ago, and it felt great! But for me, life is not all about achieving goals. Sure, it feels good to succeed, but the greatest reward for me was learning more about myself and what I was able to do.Only by stepping out into the unknown and stretching(使倾注全力) ourselves can we really discover what our true potential(潜能) is。
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杨仙逸中学2016届高三第二次月考英语试卷第I 卷第一部分阅读理解(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。
AMonthly Talks at London Canal MuseumOur monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don’t need to book. They end around 21:00.November 7thThe Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”.December 5thIce for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London’s ice trade grew.February 6thAn Update on the Cotswold Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play.March 6thEyots and Aits-Thames Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest.Online bookings:/bookMore info: /whatsonLondon Canal Museum12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT www. canalmuseum.mobiTel:020 7713 08361.When is the talk on James Brindley?A. November 7th.B. March 6th.C. February 6th.D. December 5th.2. What is the topic of the talk in February?A. The Canal Pioneers.B. Ice for the Metropolis.C. Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands.D. An Update on the Cotswold Canals.3. Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames?A. Miranda Vickers.B. Malcolm Tucker.C. Chris Lewis.D. Liz Payne.BThe freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part-particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold- weather root vegetables-was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to 1 p.m., rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened (蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal- and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months.Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where- luckily for me- I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it.4. What did the author think of her winter life in New York?A. Exciting.B. Boring.C. Relaxing.D. Annoying.5. What made the author’s getting up late early worthwhile?A. Having a swim.B. Breathing in fresh air.C. Walking in the morning sun.D. Visiting a local farmer’s market.6. What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?A . They are soft. B. They look nice.C. They taste great.D. They are juicy.7. What was the author going to that evening?A. Go to a farm.B. Check into a hotel.C. Eat in a restaurant.D. Buy fresh vegetables.CSalvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,”explains the Pompidou Centre.The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作)with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.8. Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?A. Optimistic.B. ProductiveC. Generous.D. Traditional.9. What is Dali’s The Persistence of Memory con sidered to be?A. On e of his masterworks.B. A successful screen adaptation.C. An artistic creation for the stage.D. One of the beat TV programmes.10. How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?A. By popularity.B. By importance.C. By size and shape.D. By time and subject.11. What does the word “contributions”in the last paragraph refer to?A. Artworks.B. Projects.C. Donations.D. Documents.DConflict is on the menu tonight at the caféLa Chope. This evening, as on every Thursday night, psychologist Maud Lehanne is leading two of France’s favorite pastimes, coffee drinking and the “talking cure”. Here they are learning to get in touch with their true feelings. It isn’t always easy. They customers-some thirty Parisians who pay just under $2 (plus drinks) per session-care quick to intellectualize (高谈阔论), slow to open up and connect. “You areforbidden to say ‘one feels,’or ‘people think’,”Lehanne told them. “Say ‘I think,’ ‘Think me’.”A cafésociety wher e no intellectualizing is allowed? It couldn’t seem more un-French. But Lehanne’s psychology caféis about more than knowing oneself: It’s trying to help the city’s troubled neighborhood cafes. Over the years, Parisian cafes have fallen victim to changes in the French lifestyle-longer working hours, a fast food boom and a younger generation’s desire to spend more time at home. Dozens of new theme cafes appear to change the situation. Cafes focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.12.What are people encouraged to do at the cafe La Chope?A. Learn a new subject.B. Keep in touch with friends.C. Show off their knowledge.D. Express their true feelings.13. How are cafes affected by French lifestyle changes?A. They are less frequently visited.B. They stay open for longer hours.C. They have bigger night crowds.D. They start to serve fast food.14. What are theme cafes expected to do?A. Create more jobs.B. Supply better drinks.C. Save the cafe business.D. Serve the neighborhood.15. Why are psychology cafes becoming popular in Paris?A. They bring people true friendship.B. They give people spiritual support.C. They help people realize their dreams.D. They offer a platform for business links.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。