湖南省雅礼中学高三英语第二次月考试题

2014年下学期雅礼中学高三年级9月月考
英语试题
考试时间：120分钟本卷满分：150分
PartⅠ Listening Comprehension(30 marks)
Section A （22.5 marks）
Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.
You will hear each conversation TWICE.
Section B（7.5 marks）
Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.
You will hear the short passage TWICE.
Part Ⅱ Language Knowledge (45 marks)
Section A (15 marks)
Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four chokes marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
21．The experts along with the head teacher _____ discussing JK Rowling’s works ______
that _______ popular among students.
A. is; are
B. are; is
C. are; are
D. is; is
22．Mr. Simpson prefers a restaurant in a small town to ____ in so large a city as New York．A．this B．one C．it D．that
23．The question came up at the meeting _____ we had not enough money to do the research.
A. whether
B. that
C. if
D. what
24．___ surprised me most was ____ he was too late for the important meeting, for he was chairman of it.
A. What; why
B. That; how
C. What; how
D. That; why
25．The teachers in Yali work harder than ever before, their working conditions and salaries greatly ．
A．improve B．improving
C．improved D．being improved
26．Keeping a balance of work, rest and diet, and having ______ exercise will save people from illnesses．
A．appropriate B．accurate C．fierce D．temporary
27. The school rules state that no child _______ be allowed out of the school during the day
unless they are with an adult.
A. shall
B. will
C. need
D. might
28. I tried every means to reach my goal but failed. So desperate ______ that I almost lost heart.
A. I did feel
B. did I feel
C. felt I
D. I felt
29. I feel a little sad and annoyed when I think of many cases students obviously knew a lot of English words and expressions but couldn’t write a good essay.
A. why
B. which
C. as
D. where
30. Although most of them have no doubt ____ he will pass the exam, I still think there is
something about _____ he has really got everything ready.
A. whether; that
B. that; whether
C. that; that
D. whether; whether
31．It is better to ask someone for advice rather than _____ something.
A．risk doing B．to risk doing
C．risk to do D．to risk to do
32．He is too busy these days. I don’t know if he _____ to my birthday party or not tomorrow evening.
A. come
B. comes
C. will come
D. is coming
33．“Look! Everything here is under construction.”“What is the small building that
______for?”
A. is being building
B. has been built
C. is built
D. is being built
34．It has been raining for a day, but even though it hadn’t rained, we _____ there by tomorrow.
A. can’t get
B. won’t get
C. hadn’t got
D. wouldn’t get
35. I don’t think it easy, even if we work hard, _____ the South Korea and the North Korea
to sit down to talk at present.
A. persuaded
B. to persuade
C. persuade
D. persuading
Part Ⅱ
Section B (18 marks)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A.
B. C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
“Kevin, we are getting a divorce,” said my mother. My heart plunged(下沉). I was 9 years old and I thought that my life was going to fall apart. My brother and I were going to move with my mother to southern California. My dad was to 36 in New Jersey because of work. My family was splitting apart.
Now that my mom is a single parent, I do my own 37 , make dinner and do extra chores around the house. Although it was hard at first, I now recognize the positive 38 that this responsibility had on me. My mother gave me these chores and duties so that I would learn to become 39 and trustworthy.
I strive(努力) to display these 40 in all aspects of my life, and have seen the benefits. When I was only 11 years old, my 41 told me that he was selecting me as soccer team
captain because of my determination and ability to get my teammates to 42 themselves. We lost the championship, but I won the fair play award for keeping my team together.
I am always 43 to be an individual and not participate in anything that I feel is wrong. I am, for example, extremely proud of my decision not to drink alcohol. Personally, I don’t feel the need to drink to have fun, and I stand by my decision even when others try to 44 me.
My mom and dad both found new partners and happily remarried. I am still close to my father, even though he lives 4,800 km away. I thou ght my parents’ divorce was going to be the worst thing that ever happened to me. Ironically (讽刺的是), it turned out to be the 45 . I wasn’t willing to let it ruin my life without putting up a fight, and neither was my family.
At age 9, I struggled with the confusion and 46 of divorce. Today, at age 16, I understand that 47 can bring opportunity and success, and that hard work, determination
and self-control can turn your worst time into your best time.
36. A. drop B. remain C. call D. break
37. A. housework B. farming C. cooking D. laundry
38. A. attitude B. experience C. effect D. situation
39. A. self-centered B. self-absorbed C. self-disciplined D. self-concerned
40. A. skills B. difficulties C. emotions D.
qualities
41. A. father B. headmaster C. brother D. coach
42. A. enjoy B. teach C. prove D.
push
43. A. determined B. reminded C. relieved D. amazed
44. A. cheat B. pressure C. please D. delight
45. A. best B. worst C. busiest D. first
46. A. pain B. memory C. significance D. emergency
47. A. barriers B. families C. parents D. routines
Section C(12 marks)
Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.
When it comes to honesty, quite a lot of people believe 48 is greatly important to a person’s character and success. They base their ideas on the following reasons: firstly, successful business owes much 49 honesty; secondly, great people in history like Abraham Lincoln and General Washington set us good examples of being honest. They were great
50 they were honest.
51 , some people believe honesty is becoming out of date. Their reasons run as follows: to begin with, cheating at exams is becoming 52 common practice; in addition, some singers and movie stars cheat at taxes; last but not least, m ost people don’t have a belief. Therefore, they do 53 they want to.
It is high time we built our honesty system. 54 should take effective steps to change the situation. For example, kids should be taught to tell the truth. What’s more,
strict rules and laws should be carried 55 to stop people cheating at exams and taxes, and so on.
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (30 marks)
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished .statements For each of them there are four chokes marked A. B. C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.
A
Ingrid Stone is the queen of complaints. The determined woman has written letters of complaint for more than 30 years. And it has become the woman’s campaign against poor service. Ingrid has become one of the most successful complainers in Britain.
“My father and my grandfather have alw ays been people who believe strongly in saying what you think. I think I must have inherited the genes,” says Ingrid. One thing is certain: Ingrid Stone is very good at complaining. “I complain about just anything, but it has to be with good reason. If you are dissatisfied, don’t suffer in silence and just stand up for yourself.”
Over the years, Ingrid has fired off hundreds of complaint letters to companies: Apple (a faulty MacBook), British Airways (delayed flights), and even the makers of a brand of fly paper, which wasn’t sticky enough to trap its victims. Of course, Ingrid has been taken seriously by the companies she has targeted.
Friends have been quick to capitalize on Ingrid’s talent for complaining. They would come to her, whenever they have problems. Her talent for complaining has even landed her a book deal —Letters of a Dissatisfied Woman, a collection of her best letters. It will be published later this year.
But there is one person who is not so impressed by Ingrid’s hobby, her husband. “I th ink he still gets embarrassed by it,” says Ingrid. “He’s not the complaining sort. In the beginning, if I complained about something in a restaurant, he would be totally shocked. I think he’s accepted it now.”
While Ingrid laughs about her hobby, it is cle ar she takes it very seriously. “In a sense, I think it’s really very important,” she says. “As consumers, people don’t have the money to spend on bad services and products. Business can’t afford to have bad services and products, because we will just stop using them.”
56. According to the passage, Ingrid Stone .
A. has complained to one company for many years
B. keeps in touch with friends by writing letters
C. has written letters of complaint for many years
D. is the most successful businesswoman in Britain
57. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 shows .
A. the reason why she likes to complain
B. the ways she complains
C. the companies she complains to
D. the reason why she succeeds
58. What does the underlined phrase “capitalize on” (Para. 4) probably mean?
A. Look down upon.
B. Make full use of.
C. Put up with.
D. Say no to.
59. seemed to be embarrassed by Ingrid’s hobby of complaining.
A. Her father
B. Her grandfather
C. Her husband
D. Her friends
60. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Ingrid Stone is a woman without the sense of right and wrong.
B. All companies are not happy with what Ingrid has done.
C. Ingrid has been tired of writing complaint letters.
D. People will see Ingri d’s complaint letters in a book.
B
Middle-class parents, who shout at their teenage children, are increasing their risk of depression and troubled behavior. Even if parents enjoy a close relationship with their son and daughter, harsh verbal discipline (严厉的口头惩戒) was found to have a bad impact on their teens’ emotional development. This form of discipline can vary from yelling and shouting at a child, to swearing and using words to shame them.
Scientists looked at 976 families in the US, most of which were middle-class. During the experiment, teens and their parents completed surveys over a two-year period on topics, which were related to their mental health and the quality of the parent-child relationship.
About 90 percent of parents admit using harsh verbal discipline towards their children. They found that many parents changed from physical to verbal discipline as their children entered adolescence. If parents use such punishment when their child is 13, the teen is more likely to have behavioral or emotional problems later on, such as stealing, telling lies or fighting.
There’s no doubt that parents’ harsh verbal discipline is damaging to the developing adolescent. The thought that harsh discipline is without consequence, once there is a strong parent-child bond, is quite wrong, because parents’ warmth can’t lessen the effects of harsh verbal discipline.
Indeed, harsh verbal discipline appears to be harmful in all cases. Not only does harsh verbal discipline appear to be useless at dealing with behavior issues, it may actually add to
the problem. Even if the parents were close to their child, this form of discipline still caused emotional damage. Parents’ hostility (敌意) could actually lead to an increase in the risk of adolescent conduct problems.
Dr Wang suggests parents, who want to discipline their teenage children, would benefit by talking with them about their concerns and the consequences of the behavior. The findings could influence future parenting programs, as well as encourage other methods of punishment rather than shouts and insults.
61. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. How to build a good parent-child relationship.
B. What parents should do to help their teenagers.
C. Why shouting makes teenagers worse.
D. How to get on with the teenagers.
62. According to the passage, when children enter adolescence, their parents will .
A. change from physical to verbal discipline
B. give them more freedom than before
C. respect them as adults
D. not punish them any more
63. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Parents’ warmth can lessen the effects of harsh verbal discipline.
B. Harsh discipline works well once there is a strong parent-child bond.
C. Parents should often talk with children about their concerns.
D. Punishment can help teenagers develop well.
64. The passage is most probably intended for .
A. the troubled teenagers
B. children from middle-class families
C. the teachers in school
D. parents having teenage children
65. What is the author’s attitude to the verbal di scipline?
A. Objective (客观的).
B. Critical.
C. Doubtful.
D. Supportive.
C
What will you do after your house catches fire? Here are some tips after you locate your exit and prepare your key.
Become familiar with your room. See if your bathroom has a vent (通风口); all do, but some have electric motors. If you decide to remain in your room, turn it on to help remove the smoke. Take a good look at the window in your room. Now open the window and look outside. Get a good mental picture of what is outside; it may come in handy. It is important to know how to open and close your window.
Many people have defended themselves quite nicely in their rooms, and so can you. One of the first things you will want to do is open the window to vent the smoke. Do not break the window: the broken glass from the window can be very dangerous. Besides, if you break your window, say with a chair, you could hit a fireman on the street below. If there is fresh air outside, leave the window open, but keep an eye on it. At this point, most people would stay at the window, waving madly, while their room continues to fill with smoke if the fire burns through, but you must be aggressive and fight back.
Here are some things you can do, in any order you choose: if the room phone works, let someone know you are in there. Open the bathroom vent. Fill the bath with water (do not get into it —it is for fire fighting; you’d be surprised how many people try to save themselves by getting into a tub of water — which is how you cook crabs as well!). Wet some sheets or towels, and stuff the cracks of your door to keep out the smoke. With your ice-bucket, bail (舀水) the water from the bath onto the door to keep it cool. Feel the walls: if they are hot, bail water onto them too. Keep it wet; keep everything wet. A wet towel tied around your nose and mouth is an effective filter (过滤器). If you swing a wet towel around the room, it will help clear the smoke.
Use your imagination and you may come up with some tricks of your own. The point is there shouldn’t be any reason to panic; keep fighting until reinforcements (增援部队) arrive.
66. According to the passage, if a fire broke out, you should .
A. open the window and escape through it
B. close the window in case that smoke comes in
C. break the window but stay away from the broken glass
D. open the window and fight back against the fire
67. If you were stuck in a room in a fire, you should do the following EXCEPT .
A. fill the tub with water
B. inform someone that you are stuck
C. bail water onto the walls to keep them cool
D. open the door to keep fresh air in
68. The people who try to survive by getting into a tub of water would probably end up .
A. being rescued finally
B. being killed by the fire
C. saving themselves at last
D. keeping the fire away from them
69. What is the purpose of tying a wet towel around your nose and mouth?
A. To keep you cool.
B. To filter the smoke.
C. To protect you from the fire.
D. To provide you with water.
70. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. How to defend yourself in a room if you were stuck in a fire.
B. What we should do to prevent a fire.
C. How to become familiar with the room in a hotel.
D. How to escape if a fire broke out in your room.
Part IV Writing (45 marks)
Section A (10 marks)
Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Binge drinking used to mean drinking to excess (过度) over several days. Now, however, the term refers to the heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time.
Alcohol stores, bars, and alcoholic drink companies make drinking seem attractive and fun. It’s easy for a high school student to get ca ught up in a social scene with lots of peer pressure. Certainly, one of the biggest areas of peer pressure is drinking.
Other reasons why people drink include: they’re curious —they want to know what it’s like to drink alcohol. They believe that it will make them feel good, not realizing it could just so easily make them sick and hung-over (宿醉未醒的). They may look at alcohol as a way to reduce stress, even though it can end up creating more stress. They want to feel older.
Many people don’t think about the n egative side of drinking. Although they think about the possibility of getting drunk, they may not give much consideration to being hung-over or sick.
You may know from experience that drinking too much can lead to difficulty concentrating, memory faults, mood changes, and other problems that affect your day-to-day life. But binge drinking carries more serious and longer-lasting risks as well.
If you think you have a binge-drinking problem, get help as soon as possible. The best approach is to talk to an adult you trust —if you can’t approach your parents, talk to your doctor, school counselor, church member, aunt, or uncle. It can be hard for some people to talk to adults about these issues, so an alternative could be a trusted friend or an elder sibling (兄弟姐妹) who is easy to talk to.
Section B (10 mark.)
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information
given in the passage.
The other day, when I went to a coffee shop for a cup of coffee, the shop was unusually
quiet. A young lady and a gentleman who was in his late eighties were sitting in front of me.
Being quite close to them, I heard their conversation by chance.
According to their words and my profession as a woman reporter, it appeared that the lady
was a social worker, and that she had accompanied the old man to his doctor’s office earlier
in the day. As they had lunch together, they discussed all about his eating habits and health.
He was slim, but I concluded that his doctor was concerned about his diet, and the effect it
was having on his memory and on his blood pressure.
As I listened from my table, I found myself touched by the patience and kindness in the
woman’s voice and tone. No matter how many times the man asked “why can’t I eat the
sausages?” or declared “But I need the protein!”, she always calmly and gently redirected
him back to the healthy meal they were sharing. To help him understand why he should keep a
healthy diet, she talked a bit about her elder brother who also had health problems, and her
efforts to help him with his diet.
Seeing her kindness and compassion (同情), I couldn’t help doing something. So after
finishing my coffee, I bought a postcard and wrote a note to her, expressing how moved I was
by her service. Before I left, I gave her the card along with a lottery ticket (奖券) I put inside. I wish her and that lovely gentleman all the best.
81. What did the woman and the gentleman do earlier that day? (No more than 7 words)
____________________________________________________________
82. According to the author, why should the man pay attention to his diet? (No more than 12 words)
___________________________________________________________
83. Why did the woman give the example of her brother to the man? (No more than 14 words)
___________________________________________________________
84. How did the author express her best wishes to the woman and the man? (No more than 12 words)
___________________________________________________________
Section C (25 marks)
Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
近来，各中学在组织学生外出春游或秋游时因各种原因常常会陷入两难选择。

假设你是张楚，上周你班就
学校组织学生郊游问题展开了讨论。

现在，请根据以下提示给某英语报社写信，谈谈讨论情况。

1．外出郊游的好处；
2．外出郊游应注意之处；
3．你本人的看法。

注意：1．词数：120左右，信的开头和结尾已为你写好，并不计人总词数；
2．可适当加入细节，以使行文连贯；
3．参考词汇：郊游 outing (cn.)
Dear Editor,
I’m a senior high school student named Zhang Chu.
Yours sincerely,
Zhang Chu
参考答案：
听力
单选
21-25 CBBAC 26-30 AABDB 31-35 BCDDB
完形填空一
36－40 BDCCD 41-45 DDABA 46－47 AA
完形填空二
48. it 49. to 50. because 51. However 52. a 53. what / whatever 54. We 55. out
阅读理解
56-60 CABCD 61-65 CACDB 66-70 DDBBA
阅读填空
71. Binge drinking 72．over several days 73．large 74．Reasons 75．high school students 76．curiosity 77．Risks 78. problems 79．trusted adult 80．sister or brother
阅读简答
81. They went to his doctor’s office.
82. Because there was something wrong with his memory and blood pressure.
83. Because she wanted to help him understand the reason for a healthy diet.
84. She gave the woman a postcard along with a lottery ticket.
写作
Dear Editor,
I’m a senior high school student named Zhang Chu. Last week, our class had a heated discussion about whether the school should organize any outing for us students. The results
are as follows.
Outings have lots of advantages. For one thing, they can make us relaxed and enjoy the beauty of nature. For another, they help enrich our social experience and gain some practical survival skills.
However, there is still something we must keep in mind when go for an outing. Always
put safety in the first place, for outings will be meaningless without safety. What’s more, environmental protection should also be our concern. For example, we can’t throw any litter anywhere we go.
In my opinion, we should take at least one outing each term to make us refreshed and get closer to nature.
Yours sincerely,
Zhang Chu。