湖北省宜昌市一中2016届高三上学期12月月考英语试卷

宜昌一中2016届高三12月月考英语试题本试题卷共11页，分第I卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。

全卷满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

★祝考试顺利★第Ⅰ卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man probably do?A. A reporter.B. A driver.C. A singer.2. What's the weather like today?A. Sunny.B. Cloudy.C. Rainy.3. What made the man unable to sleep well last night?A. The noise from the restaurant.B. The neighbor's dog.C. His headache.4. How will the man go to the Chinese restaurant?A. By taxi.B. By bus.C. By car.5. When did the woman lose her bag?A. When she was sleeping on the plane.B. When she was shopping at the airport.C. When she was talking with the security guard.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。

每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出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. What was the woman probably doing when Clare yelled at her?A. Running.B. DrivingC. Walking.7. What happened to the woman?A. She almost got into an accident.B. She got stuck in a traffic jam.C. She was hit by a man.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the man want to do?A. Go to the post office.B. Get his mailbox key.C. Fetch his driver's license.9. Where does the man live?A. At 2386 King Street East.B. At 212 Barton Street North.C. At 215 King Street North.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What will the woman have before the main course?A. Fried tomatoes.B. Fruit salad.C. Green olives.11. What soup and side dish does the woman order?A. Split pea soup and brown rice.B. French onion soup and baked potato.C. Split pea soup and beans in cream sauce.12. What drink will the woman have?A. Coffee.B. Tea.C. Soda water.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. In which course does the man want a tutor?A. Spoken English.B. English literature.C. English composition.14. On which day does the man only have morning classes?A. Monday.B. Tuesday.C. Wednesday.15. How long does the tutoring session last every time?A. One hour.B. Two hours.C. Three hours.16. What should the man bring to his tutoring session?A. Textbooks.B. A syllabus（大纲）.C. Class notes.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What do we know about Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud?A. They both came first.B. They came from New York.C. They didn't break the record.18. Why were the fans disappointed?A. They didn't watch the whole race.B. The winners didn't turn up at the celebration.C. Fiennes suffered a heart attack before the race.19. What will Fiennes do next week?A. Return to work.B. Have an operation.C. Have a check-up.20. What program will be broadcast after the news report?A. A talk show.B. A football game.C. A marathon.第二部分阅读理解（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。

AA store that sells husbands has just opened in Ottawa where a woman may go to choose a husband from many men.The store consisted of 6 floors and the men increase in positive attributes （品质，特点）as the shopper goes up the flights. There is, however, a catch（陷阱）. As you open the door to any floor you may choose a man from that floor, butif you go up a floor, you cannot go back down except to exit the building.So a woman goes to the shopping center to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1—These men have jobs. The woman reads the sign and says to herself, “Well, that’s better than my last boyfriend, but I wonder what’s further up?”So up she goes. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 — These men have jobs and love kids. The woman remarks to herself, “That’s great, but I wonder what’s further up?”And up she goes again. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 —These men have jobs, love kids and are extremely good-looking. “Hmm, better.”The fourth floor sign reads: Floor 4 — These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking and help with the housewo rk. “Wow!” exclaims the woman, “Very tempting. But, there must be more, further up!”And again she heads up another flight. The fifth floor sign reads: Floor 5 —These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking, help with the housework and have a strong romantic character. “ Oh, mercy me! But just think…what must be awaiting me further on?”So up to the sixth floor she goes. The sixth floor sign reads: Floor 6 –You are visitor 3, 456, 789,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. Thank youfor shopping Husband Mart and have a nice day.21. Women tend to go up the floor until they reach the top floor because _____.A. they think the husbands downstairs are not suitableB. they are sure that the best husbands are on the top floorC. they think even better husbands may be upstairsD. they know the catch very well22. The writer intends us to believe that _____.A. husbands are hard to shopB. women are hard to pleaseC. women think they are better than menD. wome n can’t be too careful when choosing husbands23. We can infer from the passage that _____.A. women are not good at shopping husbandsB. more women will leave the shop aloneC. women are romanticD. women are more kind than men BDeath is natural, but do you have any idea of the process of dying? Modern scientists divide the process of dying into two stages---clinical or temporary death and biological death. Clinical death occurs when the vital organs, such as the heartor lungs, have ceased to function, but have not suffered permanent damage. The organism can still be revived(复活). Biological death occurs when changes in the organism lead to the “breaking up” of vital cells and tissues. Death is then unchangeable and final.Scientists have been seeking a way to lengthen the period of clinical death sothat the organism can remain alive before biological death occurs. The best methoddeveloped so far involves cooling of the organism, combined with narcotic（麻醉的) sleep. By slowing down the body’s metabolism(新陈代谢), cooling delays theprocesses leading to biological death.To illustrate how this works, scientists performed an experiment on asix-year-old female monkey called Keta. The scientist put Keta to sleep with anarcotic. Then they surrounded her body with ice-bags and began checking her bodytemperature. When it had dropped to 28 degrees the scientists began draining（流光） blood from an artery（动脉）. The monkey’s blood pressure decreased and anhour later both the heart and breathing stopped: clinical death set in. For twentyminutes Keta remained in this state. Her temperature dropped to 22 degrees. At thispoint the scientists pumped blood into an artery in the direction of the heart andstarted artificial breathing. After two minutes Keta’s heart became active oncemore. After fifteen minutes, spontaneous(自发的)breathing began, and after fourhours Keta opened her eyes and lifted her head. After six hours, when the scientiststried to give her a penicillin injection, Keta seized the syringe（注射器）and ranwith it around the room. Her behavior differed little from that of a healthy animal.24. For a person who suffers from the clinical death ___________.A. he still has the possibility of getting back to lifeB. his most important organs are damaged.C. he can not avoid final death.D. he is still very much alive25. Scientists try to make the time of clinical death longer in order to___________.A. slow down the body’s metabolism.B. bring vital cells and tissues back to active life.C. delay the coming of biological death.D. cool the organism.26. How did the scientists put Keta into clinical death?A. By surrounding her body with ice-bags and draining her blood.B. By lowing her blood pressure and stopping her heart from beating.C. By draining her blood, lowering her blood pressure and stopping her breathing.D. By putting her to sleep, lowering her temperature and draining her blood.27.All of the following indicate that the monkey has almost restored to her originalphysical stateexcept the fact that___________.A. her heart beat again.B. she regained her normal breath.C. she rejected a penicillin injection.D. she acted as lively as a healthy monkey.C“OK,” I said to my daughter as she bent over her afternoo n bowl of rice.“What’s going on with you and your friend J.? ” J. is the leader of a group ofthird-graders at her camp—a position Lucy herself occupied the previous summer.Now she’s the one on the outs. and every day at snack time, she tells me all abou t it, while I offer the unhelpful advice all summer long.“She’s fond of giving orders, “Lucy complained. “She’s turning everyone against me. She’s mean. And she’s fat.” “Excuse me,” I said, struggling for calm. “What did you just say?” “She’s fat.” Luc y mumbled (含糊地说). “We’re going upstairs,” I said, my voice cold. “We’re going to discuss this.” And up we went. I’d spent the nine years since her birth getting ready for this day, the day we’d have the conversation about this horrible word. I knew exactly what to say to the girl on the receiving end of the teasing, but in all of my imaginings, it never once occurred to me that my daughter would be the one who used the F word—Fat.My daughter sat on her bed, and I sat beside her. “How would you feel if someone made fun of you for something that wasn’t your fault?” I began. “She could stop eating so much,” Lucy mumbled, mouthing the simple advice a thousand doctors have given overweight women for years.“It’s not always that easy,” I said. “Everyone’s different in terms of how they treat food.” Lucy looked at me, waiting for me to go on. I opened my mouth, then closed it. Should I tell her that, in teasing a woman’s weight, she’s joined the long tradition of critics? Should I tell her I didn’t cry when someone post ed my picture and commented, “I’m sorry, but aren’t authors who write books marketed to young women supposed to be pretty?”Does she need to know, now, that life isn’t fair? I feel her eyes on me, waiting for an answer I don’t have. Words are my tools. Stories are my job. It’s possible she’ll remember what I say forever, and I have no idea what to say.So I tell her the only thing I can come up with that is absolutely true. I say to my daughter, “I love you, and there is nothing you could ever do to m ake me not love you. But I’m disappointed in you right now. There are plenty of reasons for not liking someone. What she looks like isn’t one of them.”Lucy nods, tears on her cheeks. “I won’t say that again,” she tells me, and I pull her close, pressing my nose against her hair. As we sit there together, I pray for her to be smart and strong. I pray for her to find friends, work she loves, a partner who loves her. And still, always, I pray that she will never struggle as I’ve struggled, that weight wil l never be her cross to bear. She may not be able to use the word in our home, but I can use in my head. I pray that she will never get fat.28. Why does the author want to discuss with Lucy?A. Because she wants to offer some other helpful advice.B. Because she is really shocked at Lucy’s rudeness.C. Because she has prepared the conversation for nine years.D. Because she decides to tell Lucy a similar story of her own.29.What does the author want to tell her daughter?A. It is not easy to take the doctors’ advice to eat less.B. People shouldn’t complain because life is unfair.C. People shouldn’t be blamed for their appearance.D. She herself was once laughed at for her appearance.30.It can be inferred from the passage that_______.A. the author earns a living by writing stories.B. the author is a fat but good-looking woman.C. the author will stop loving her daughter for what she said.D. the author’s daughter agreed with her from the very beginning.31.The author’s attitude towards her daughter can be best described as _______.A. satisfied and friendlyB. indifferent but patientC. loving but strictD. unsatisfied and angryDChildren’s lives have changed greatly over the last 50 years. But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did?It’s difficult to look back on one’s own childhood without some element of nostalgia(怀旧的). I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them, playing board games on the living room floor, or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children, racing up and down on our bikes, or exploring the nearby woods. My parents scarcely appear in these memories, except as providers either of meals or of severe blame after some particularly risky adventure.These days, in the UK at least, the nature of childhood has changed dramatically. Firstly, families are smaller. It is common for both parents to work outside the home and there is the feeling that there just isn’t time to bring up a large family, or that no one could possibly afford to have more than one child. As a result, today’s boys and girls spend much of their time alone. Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home, inside. This is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers, so they wouldn’t dream of letting their children play outside by themselves.Finally, the kind of toys children have and the way they play is totally different. Computer and video games have replaced the board games and more interesting activities of my childhood. The irony(讽刺) is that so many ways of playing games are called “interactive”. The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today.Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had? I personally believe that they do, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same.32. What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph?A. To get people’s attention and lead in the topic.B. To gather people’s opinions on childhood.C. To show who the passage is written for.D. To compare the childhood lives of two generations.33. Which is NOT a reason for the changes?A. Families are smaller today.B. Parents worried too much about their children.C. Toys can be played by children alone at home.D. It’s too dangerous to play outside.34. What has the writer focused on in the fourth paragraph?A. Young people today shouldn’t play electronic games.B. Some games that young people play today aren’t really good.C. Computer and video games have replaced the board games.D. Board games are much more interesting than computer games.35. The writer’s attitude towards the childhood changing is ________ .A. approvingB. unconcernedC. objectiveD.optimistic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。