湖北省武穴中学高三英语上学期12月月考试题

湖北省武穴中学2009届高三上学期12月月考英语
命题人：姜小琼审题人：方崇高第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节听下面5段对话，回答第1至5小题。

（每段对话仅读一遍）1．What’s the topic of the talk？
A．On pollution. B．On children. C．On death.
2．How can the man get to the Hotel?
A．At first taking a left, then taking a right, and then taking a right again.
B．At first taking a right, then taking a left, the hotel is on his left.
C．At first taking a left, then taking a right, the hotel is on his right.
3．How old is the woman’s bicycle possi bly?
A．Three years old. B．Four years old. C．Five years old.
4．Where are the two most possibly?
A．At a bookstore. B．At an art gallery. C．In a shop.
5．What is the most probable relationship between Jim and Bob?
A．Friends. B．Classmates. C．Twins.
第二节听下面5段材料，回答第6至20小题。

（每段材料读两遍）听第6段材料，回答第6—8题。

6．What is the woman’s wish if she won the lottery (彩奖)?
A．To buy a big house with a garden.
B．To go round the world.
C．To buy more lotteries.
7．What is the man’s wish?
A．To win the lottery. B．To get a rise. C．To have a big house. 8．What are they drinking?
A．Coffee. B．Wine. C．Tea.
听第7段材料，回答第9—11题。

9．How will the Georges come?
A．By train. B．By car. C．By air.
10．Which day of the following is the twenty-sixth?
A．Saturday. B．Sunday. C．Monday.
11．Who is seventeen years old?
A．Fay. B．Rosemary. C．The woman.
听第8段材料，回答第12—14题。

12．What is the man’s first complaint?
A．His room is in a mess.
B．The room’s heating is broken.
C．The porter shows no respect.
13．Why does the man complain about the people who live in Room 2027?
A．They are speaking and shouting all night.
B．They are snoring (打鼾) all night.
C．They are watching TV all night.
14．How many years has the porter worked for the hotel?
A．Ten. B．Fifteen. C．Twenty.
听第9段材料，回答第15—17题。

15．Why is the laboratory at the University of Chicago busy only at night?
A．There is much work to do.
B．The surrounding of the laboratory is quiet at night.
C．People are studying dreamers there at night.
16．How many times do people dream a night?
A．Three. B．Seven. C．From three to seven.
17．What becomes more active when the dream has started?
A．The body. B．The eyes. C．The heart.
听第10段材料，回答第17—20题。

18．How many hours free parking can you get if you spend $100 or more?
A．Six hours. B．Five hours. C．Four hours.
19．What must you do before you can use your parking ticket?
A．You should sign on your parking ticket.
B．You should let your parking ticket stamped.
C．Both A and B.
20．What can you know from the text?
A．You must buy any three CDs and then your name will go into the competition.
B．If you buy one shirt at Daniel’s Menswear, you’ll get one tie of the same value free.
C．The “Buy one, get one free” offer is limited to one per customer.
第二部分英语知识运用（共三节，满分55分）
第一节单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21．I’m not quite sure how to get there—I’d better a map.
A．read B．adopt C．search D．consult
22．—Will $ 1000 the cost of the trip?
—I’m afraid not. Perhaps I need another $ 400.
A．pay B．charge C．cover D．afford
23．There is a constant flow of people from the countryside into the cities, eager for the
of modern society.
A．benefits B．goods C．pleasure D．possessions
24．The USA makes a lot of excuses in an attempt to make war on Iran, however, its purpose lies in the abundant oil there.
A．logical B．fundamental C．accurate D．common
25．The coach asked his staff to the large group of journalists waiting for him to announce his training plans.
A．adapt to B．attend to C．refer to D．appeal to
26．Most staffs are against the new rules, but they have come into being .
A．anyhow B．however C．therefore D．thus
27．The company has its operation in Scotland by building a new factory there.
A．obtained B．expanded C．declined D．improved
28．How I wish that I could my ideas in simple and wonderful English when chatting on the net.
A．set out B．set off C．set in D．set up
29．To save the drowning child, the boy plunged into the icy water without hesitation, his own safety.
A．despite of B．regardless of C。

unaware of D．because of
30．As this year’s promotion, we sell men’s shirts and short pants and women’s dresses at a of 30% from Oct 1 through Oct 15.
A．benefit B．discount C．profit D．welfare
第二节完成句子（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

31．You can’t imagi ne a woman like her (负担一个如此大的家庭) can always wear big smiles on her face. (burden)
32．Not only (她父亲不赞成) her marriage, her father also cut off any contact between them. (approve)
33．If your friends don’t stick with you any more, it’s time you
(你退出) the friendship. (pull)
34．The boy didn’t attend to what the teacher was saying. He just sat there
(眼睛盯着手指) his fingers and his mind was wandering. (fix)
35．(他还没明白) what the teacher said really worried the teacher a lot. (figure)
36．Though we have tried to free our students from their heavy study burden, students in China
(仍然忙于完成) their homework in their spare time. (occupy)
37．(谁应为这次事故负责) the accident hasn’t come out. The police are still looking into it. (blame)
38．The rescue team (不可能放弃了搜寻) the missing child, for they were still in the flood-stricken area. (quit)
39．I don’t know (究竟是什么) let him down badly. He really needs some comfort. (it)
40．Do remember (把家庭作业交上来) before you go to your P.E class. (have)
第三节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—60各题所给的四个选项(A，B，C和D)，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

One family agreed with the idea that money really can buy happiness—send the kids to summer camp! So they sent their son Joey away for the season. He was 41 as happy about the arrangement as his 42 , for after about three weeks, they finally received a 43 . Both parents huddled together to read it. After a moment, Joey’s mother 44 and said to her husband, “Well, it certainl y is Joey.”
The card reads: “Dear Mom and Dad, they are 45 everyone write home. Love, Joey.”
At times, families may need some 46 . They also need togetherness—lots of it. And those of us who live in families 47 that our family is far from 48 , even on the best of days. But perfection is not 49 for a strong family life.
What is required, according to family expert Nick Stinnett, are three basics. “When you have a strong 50 life,” he said, “you receive the 51 that you are loved, that you are 52 , that you are important. The 53 intake of love and affection and respect … gives you inner resources to deal with life more 54 .”
Love, affection and 55 —a dynamic trio (三重奏) in any strong family. Where there is love there is a place of 56 and security. Where there is affection there is a place of 57 . And where there is respect there is a place where the mind and spirit can 58 .
Not all of us live in family groups. But we probably came from families and there just may be a family in our future.
Dr. Joyce Brothers has 59 her life to marriage and family issues. She says, “When you look at your life, the greatest happiness is family happiness.” That can be 60 in any family where you are loved, you are cared for and where you are made to feel important. Make this three parts of your family life and you will truly find happiness.
41．A．clearly B．obviously C．generally D．finally
42．A．parents B．classmates C．students D．teachers
43．A．note B．letter C．postcard D．message
44．A．looked up B．looked away C．looked down D。

looked throug 45．A．advising B．suggesting C．letting D．making
46．A．space B．room C．area D．time 47．A．understand B．realize C．master D．enjoy
48．A．correct B．right C．perfect D．actual
49．A．ordered B．wanted C．demanded D．required
50．A．school B．family C．camp D．everyday 51．A．message B．idea C．thought D．ambition
52．A．worried about B．looked after C．cared for D．taken care
53．A．active B．negative C．positive D．passive 54．A．successfully B．gently C．easily D．hardly
55．A．care B．respect C．friendship D．spirit
56．A．danger B．closeness C．stability D．safety
57．A．coldness B．hotness C．warmth D．happiness
58．A．wave B．develop C．stay D．show
59．A．attended B．come C．devoted D．grown
60．A．wrong B．true C．real D．proper
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。

A
Are saggy pants still trendy (流行) and cool?
Think twice before you answer. For some young men in Dallas, US, wearing saggy pants might not be a good idea anymore.
The Dallas school district already forbids pants with the droop (下垂) below the waistline. In September, Ron Price, a local school board member, recommended the ban to the City Council in the hope of setting up a dress code (规范) for public places. If his suggestion is accepted, restaurants could add a new rule to their list: “If you have saggy pants you won’t get served.”
The city council is also discussing the possibility of fining people who show their underwear in public. “Pull it up or pay up,” said Price. He described walking around with underwear exposed as “disrespectful, dishonourable and disgusting (厌恶)”.
However, not everyone agrees with him. “What is disgusting to some may be acceptable to others,” said council member Steve Salazar.
Saggy pants are no t just a style issue. It’s also a question of where this “style” comes from. The origin of saggy pants is up for debate, but many believe it comes from prison. Prisoners wear
their pants like that because they aren’t allowed to wear belts that could hide w eapons. Former prisoners may have brought the fashion to the streets. The fashion then caught on among young black men in the hip hop culture of the 1990s. And the sagging phenomenon was born after rapping and street dancing spread around the world.
Althou gh saggy pants get attention, Kelly Rowland has advice for teenagers. “Don’t look at someone else and want to be them. Search within yourself and find out who you are and be someone positive.” she said.
61．About saggy pants, what are covered in the story?
a．Saggy pants are no longer a trend. b．Saggy pants’ origin.
c．Saggy pants are facing a ban. d．How saggy pants became popular.
e．How you see this phenomenon.
A．abc B．bde C．bce D．bcd
62．The writer is saggy pants.
A．in favour of
B．objective about
C．disgusted with
D．comfortable with
63．The phrase “caught on” in Paragraph 6 means similar to .
A．was popular B．was born C．stopped D．controlled
64．Kelly Rowland advised teens .
A．to wear saggy pants to get attention
B．to have sharp eye on trendy things
C．not to try breaking the dress code
D．not to care too much about appearance
B
Kevin Bankston, and engineer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, was surprised to see his face in a street-level image on an online map a few years ago. Worse, he was captured smoking outside the EFF offices in San Francisco, and he had been trying to hide his habit from his family.
That’s a relatively mild incident, but it shows how easy it is for the technology to threaten an individual’s privacy, B ankston said at the conference, where Google on Tuesday announced its new street-level map view. Google’s feature allows users viewing San Francisco to zoom (放大) in close enough to read street signs and even see inside front windows.
“It is irresponsible for Google to produce a product like this without taking technological measures that would obscure (使模糊) the identities of people photographed by this product,” he said. “If the Google car happened to pass your house at the right moment it could even capture you in an embarrassing state of undress, as you close your curtains, for example.”
The Google map feature offers a way to request the removal of photos and will take down images if a person requests.
However, removing images of people after the fact doesn’t entirely solve the problem, Bankston said. “That is of limited use if you don’t know the image is on the site and by the time you find out, whatever privacy harm may already have occurred,” he said.
Google removed photos of women’s shelters before launching the feature, said Cindy South-worth, director of technology at the Washington, D.C. —based National Network to End Domestic Violence, which is the umbrella group for state shelters.
“We don’t want to call attention to the shelters,” Southworth said.
Removing the shelters from the map greatly reduces the privacy threat to ill-treated women, said Ashley Tan, volunteer coordinator at Woman Inc., a San Francisco-based 24-hour domestic violence crisis line. Howeer, there is still a chance a bad man could see a victim’s whereabouts (行踪).
65．We can infer that .
A．Kevin Bankston was not fond of taking photos
B．Kevin Bankston’s family might not know his smoking habit
C．Kevin Bankston is an ordinary-looking man
D．Kevin Bankston was caught smoking in the office
66．The images will be taken down .
A．at the end of the week
B．at the request of the photographed person
C．if they are famous people D．if they are women
67．Google’s street-level maps are most helpful to .
A．strange drivers in a city
B．women who want to escape from the home violence
C．electronic engineers
D．sailors
68．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Google launched its new street-level map.
B．The privacy threat in the information age.
C．San Francisco, a new view on the map.
D．Google’s street-level maps raise privacy concerns.
69．Why did Kevin Bankston say that it was irresponsible for Google to produce the map?
A．Because the Google car disturbed the people.
B．Because the map created more confusion.
C．Because Google provides much business secrets to the users.
D．Because Google did not take technological measures to protect the privacy of the photographed person.
C
Britain’s first “Safe Text” street has been created complete with padded lampposts (街灯柱) to protect millions of mobile phone users from getting hurt in street accidents while walking and texting(发短信).
Around one in ten ca reless Brits has suffered a “walk’n text” street injury in the past year through collisions with lampposts, bins and other pedestrians. The 6.6 million accidents have caused injuries ranging from mild knocks and embarrassing cuts and bruises (擦伤) through to bleeding noses, cheekbones and even a broken skull. Almost two thirds—62 per cent—of Brits concentrate so hard while texting that they don’t see things around, researchers found in a survey conducted by text information company .
Given the apparen t dangers of “unprotected text”, over a quarter of Brits—27 percent—are in favor of creating a “mobile motorway” on Britain’s pavements. Texters could follow a brightly colored line, which would act like a cycle lane, guiding them away from obstacles. And 44 per cent of those surveyed wanted pads placed on lampposts to protect them while texting. The study found that busy city streets were the worst for “walk’s text” accidents.
The research showed that Brick Lane in East London was the top spot for texting injuries. Now Brick Lane has been made the country’s first “Safe Text” street, with brightly colored padding, similar to that used on rugby posts, placed on lamp posts to test if it helps protect inattentive texting pedestrians.
70．Judging from the sentenc es with the underlined word, “to pad sth.” should mean “to .”
A．protect sth. from damage
B．remove sth. in the way
C．make sth. firm enough for collision
D．cover sth. with a soft material
71．What is expected to happen in the “Safe Text” street?
A．Texting pedestrians are safe from the traffic.
B．None of the walking texters runs into lampposts.
C．Collisions with lampposts aren’t dangerous.
D．There are no obstacles in the texters’ way.
72．Last years, Brits have had injuries while texting in the street.
A．nearly two thirds of B．about 10 per cent of
C．6.6 million D．around 62 per cent of
73．The “mobile motorway” is actually a .
A．line hanging to connect the lampposts
B．line drawn on the pavements
C．lane for motor vehicles to run within
D．sidewalk called Brick Lane
D
“Without the fog, London wouldn’t be a beautiful city,” the French painter Claude Monet wrote to his wife, Alice, during one of his long visits to England from France. Few Londoners would have agreed with his statement at the time, when the city was choked by the smog of the Industrial Revolution, but no one argues with the beauty of the colorful skies he began painting there between 1899 and 1901. Pollution has never looked quite as attractive as when seen through Monet’s eye s.
Now there is evidence that Monet’s images of London were not only Impressionist creations, but a result of highly accurate observation. According to a paper published by two environmental scientists, the paintings may “provide useful information in the analysis of the London fogs and air quality during this period”—a period before pollution levels were routinely recorded.
In their study, Jacob Baker and John E. Thomas of the University of Birmingham analyzed the position of the sun in 9 of the 19 paintin gs in Monet’s “House of Parliament” series. There was “a perfect correlation”, Thomas says, between the solar positions in the images, the actual solar positions from astronomical records and the dates on which Monet began the works. “We believe,” Thomas says, “that we can basically work out how much smoke would have to be in the air to create that visibility and those colors in, say, February 1900 through the images.”
Some art historians doubt the London paintings hold this much documentary evidence, pointing out the Monet continued to work on many of the images after he returned to his studio in Giverny, France. They also argue that there’s no question that Monet was astonishingly realistic to what lay in front of him, but at the same time, for example, he had a penchant for pinks. He always was trying to put pinks into pictures throughout his career.
Thomas admits that “it’s still just a hypothesis (假设)” but maintains that “we’re fairly optimistic that we’ll get something out of it.”
74．The underlined word “penchant” in the fourth paragraph may mean .
A．unnatural hatred B．strong liking
C．deep understanding D．wide use
75．We may infer from the passage that .
A．modern people have known what caused the fog in London through early record
B．most painters were attracted and inspired by the fog of London
C．many citizens were once proud of their mysterious and beautiful foggy air
D．London used to suffer a lot from the Industrial Revolution
76．About Monet’s paintings, which of the following statements is true?
A．They are not so popular and attractive today because too many still exist.
B．They are full of the painters’ imagination rather than realistic drawings.
C．Many of the paintings by Monet are colored pink.
D．They have recorded the London fogs and air quality by the painter routinely. 77．According to the passage, the study of Jacob Baker and John E. Thomas has .
A．been questioned by some art historians
B．found the answer to what contributed to the foggy air in London
C．yielded enough and persuasive evidence to carry out more research
D．attracted great attention from many scientists
E
I remember the way the light touched her hair. She turned her head, and our eyes met, a momentary awareness in that noisy fifth grade classroom. I felt as though I’d b een stuck a blow under the heart. Thus began my first love affair.
Her name was Rachel, and I mooned my way through the grade and high school, stricken at the mere sight of her, tongue-tied in her presence. Does anyone, anymore, wander in the shadows of evening, drawn by the pale light of a window—her window—like some unlucky summer insect?
Her beauty made me awkward (笨拙的) and my voice crack (沙哑) is like some impossible dream now. I would catch sight of her, walking down an aisle of trees to or from, and I’d become a fool. She always seemed so charming.
At home, I’d relive each meeting between us, suffering at the thought of my shortcoming. We eventually got to know as we entered our adolescence, she knew I had a case on her, and I sensed her emotional toler ance for me. “Going steady” implied a maturity we still lacked. Her Orthodox Jewish upbringing and my own Catholic belief made even kissing a distant prospect (前景), however strongly desired.
At any rate, my love for Rachel remained without result. We graduated from high school, she went on to college, and I joined the Army. When World War Ⅱ broke out, I was sent overseas. For a time we wrote, and her letters were the highlight of those terrible endless years.
I mentioned the possibility of marriage in my letter, and almost immediately her replies became less frequent, less personal. Her Dear John letter finally caught up with me while I was awaiting discharge. She gently explained the impossibility of a marriage between us.
Looking back on it, I must have recovered rather quickly, although for the first few months I
believed I didn’t want to live. Like Rachel, I found someone else, whom I learned to love with a deep and permanent commitment that has lasted to this day.
78．According to the passage, how old was the author when his first love affair began?
A．before he turned his teens. B．In his early twenties.
C．In his middle twenties. D．When he was just out of his teens.
79．How did the author behave as a boy in love?
A．His first love motivated him toward hard study.
B．His first love set off emotional memories.
C．He was overpowered by wild excitement and passion.
D．He fulfilled his expectations and desires.
80．According to the passage, what was Rachel’s response to the author’s tender affection before the war?
A．She recognized and accepted his love fondly.
B．She controlled his affection by directly turning him down.
C．She permitted him to love her without losing her own heart to him.
D．She care for him and wrote to him frequently.
第四部分：写作（满分25分）
2008年4月29日上午10点到11点，全国亿万学生阳光体育活动在各地大中小学校同时举行。

湖北省1100万学生积极参与了这项活动。

教育部倡导学生：
●每天锻炼一小时
●健康工作五十年
●幸福生活一辈子
请你根据以上提示，用英语准备一份发言稿，向同学们讲述一下阳光体育活动的有关情况，并就高三学生是否需要每天花一小时锻炼，谈谈你的看法及理由。

注意：
1、发言稿应包括以上所有信息，要有适当发挥；
2、词数：120词左右（发言稿的开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数）；
3、参考词汇：阳光体育活动—a national student sports program;
教育部—the Ministry of Education.
Good afternoon, everyone.
参
参考答案
1－5ACAAC 6－10BBCBC 11—15BBACC
16—20CBABC 21—25DCABB 26—30ABABB
31、(who is) burdened with such a big family.
32、didn’t her father approve of
33、pulled out of
34、with his eyes fixed on (upon)
35、That he didn’t figure out / His not figuring out
36、are still occupied in(with) finishing
37、Who is to blame for
38、can’t (couldn’t) have quitted searching for
39、what it was that
40、to have your homework handed in
41—45BACAD 46—50ABCDB 51—55ACCAB
56—60DCBCB 61—65DBADB 66—70BADDD
71—75CDBBD 76—80CAACC
书面表达：
Good afternoon, everyone.
On 29th April, 2008, a national student sports program was held in all kinds of schools at the same time across the country from 10 a. m. to 11a. m. Thousands of millions of students from Hubei Province took part in this activity.
The Ministry of Education appealed to the students to do exercise for an hour every day so that for 50 years we can work for our society with a healthy body and during our whole life we can live a happy life.
As to the issue whether the Grade 3 students should take exercise for an hour every day, I hold a positive view point. Taking exercise can make us fit and more energetic, which will have an active effect on our study.
Thank you!
Good afternoon, everyone.
On the morning of April 29, 2008, from 10:00 to 11:00, hundreds of millions of students from primary, middle schools and universities all over China joined in a national student sports program. Eleven million students in Hubei took an active part in this program.
The Ministry of Education calls on students to exercise for an hour every day, in the hope that they will have good health to work fifty years and enjoy the whole life.
Personally, I think it a good idea for us senior 3 students to have daily exercise. Although we take an hour a day for exercise, it is well worth it. Taking exercise helps us build up our body and keep a clear mind. Therefore, we can work more efficiently.
Thank you!。