陕西省安康市汉滨高级中学高三上学期第二次月考英语试

2015届高三英语第二次月考试题
第I卷（两部分，满分95分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共四节，满分55分）
第一节语音知识（共5小题; 每小题1分，满分5分）
从每小题的A B C D四个选项中，找出其下划线部分与所给单词的下划线部分发音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

1.vase A. amaze B. castle C. debate D. magical
2.motto A. host B. operator C. solve D. mop
3. bite A. incident B. relief C. wildlife D. importance
4. musician A. distant B. dust C. sensitive D. deserve
5. charge A. generous B. graduate C. guidance D. gradual
第二节情景对话（共5小题：每小题1分，满分5分）
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

选项中有两个为多余选项。

Lucy: Haven’t seen you for a long time, John.
John: Oh, Lucy! It’s you! Yes, I’ve just returned from Britain!
Lucy: 6
John: Learning English of course!
Lucy: I thought you were there traveling or visiting your relatives.__7___
John: I mainly stayed in London learning, and traveled to many other cities such as Manchester, Liverpool and so on.
Lucy: 8 For a month?
John: 6 weeks in fact. I spent 4 weeks studying and 2 weeks traveling.
Lucy: 9 Was it hot like in Nanchang?
John: Not at all! It was cool there.
Lucy: I hear it’s always foggy, isn’t it?
John: Oh, it used to be. When I was there, it was always sunny.
Lucy: You must have taken many photos there.10
John: No problem!
A. Do show them to me next time.
B. What was the weather like there?
C. How long have you been in England?
D. Where have you been there?
E. Britain? For what?
F. I have been to England twice.
G. Hmm, that sounds great.
第三节语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从每小题的A B C D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

11. High school is _____ time of discovery and learning, and it is also _____ very enjoyable and valuable
experience for every one of us.
A. a, a
B. a, /
C. /, a
D. a, the
12. --- Why didn’t you ask the teacher the question?
--- She had left the office ______ I had time to do i t.
A. as
B. till
C. after
D. before
13. Yang Liwei was picked from the 14 candidates for the Chinese space adventure and became China’s
first astronaut ______ his great efforts.
A. according to
B. as well as
C. due to
D. together with
14. Wang Hong, ______ I went to the concert yesterday evening, enjoyed herself very much.
A. who
B. whom
C. with whom
D. by whom
15. Although he had to spend lots of money for going to the ball, he accepted the invitation. ______the
ball was important to him.
A. After all
B. In all
C. First of all
D. Above all
16. —How many passengers were in the plane?
—It 100 passengers, 20 Japanese .
A.contained; included
B. contained; including
C. incl uded; contained
D. contained; containing
17. I’d appreciate if you would like to teach me how to use the computer.
A. that
B. it
C. this
D. you
18. _____ with the medicines shipped from Germany, the patients fully recovered three days later.
A. Treated
B. Being treated
C. To treat
D. Treating
19.Since the new technique was introduced, more patients have _____ heart attacks.
A. simplified
B. survived
C. solved
D. removed
20. You can't imagine what great trouble I had ______ his address.
A. to find
B. of finding
C. finding
D. about finding
21. The reason ____he was late was ____he had taken a wrong bus.
A. why; because
B. for; because of
C. why; that
D. for; that
22.No one has come up with a better explanation of why dinosaurs _______.
A.died away
B.died for
C.died of
D.died out
23. It is known to us that lions and tigers _____ the cat family.
A. are belonging to
B. belonged to
C. belong to
D. are belonged to
24. If you don’t go to the museum tomorrow, _____.
A. I will either
B. nor will I
C. I neither will
D. either I will
25. ----Would you like to do me a favour and give me a ride?
----______.
A. Yes, that’s right
B. No trouble
C. Never mind
D. With pleasure
第四节完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

I moved to Chicago ten years ago. As I was new to the area, I had 26 friends and seldom went out to parties. But a month later, I was invited to a party and there I 27 an elderly couple.
The wife and I 28 for a long time. She told me how 29 she was about her husband who was 30 a heart operation. At that time I was working as a researcher in the same 31 where the husband would be going for his operation, 32 I told her to take down my phone number and 33 me to let me know when he was there.
She phoned a few weeks later as 34 and told me that her husband was admitted to the hospital and 35 waiting. I told her that I would go and check on him every day while I was at 36 . I thought that if it was my dad, I would do the same, so I decided to give them some 37 .
Weeks turned into months and it just became my 38 to see them and keep track of how things were going before, during and after the heart operation. Sometimes I'd bring a 39 for him to read, or some food that we would share 40 . As time went by, i t seemed like I became part of the 41 . Even after the
husband returned from the hospital, we still often 42 each other on holidays.
Now, ten years later, I 43 my own family. Since our parents don’t 44 close by, this couple has become my son’s “local”grandparents. My wife and I often feel truly 45 to have this couple as our “local” parents! Sometimes family comes out of the most unexpected p lace.
26. A. few B. some C. several D. many
27. A. served B. loved C. met D. supported
28. A. searched B. fought C. worked D. talked
29. A. regretful B. calm C. worried D. lucky
30. A. giving up B. waiting for C. paying for D. turning down
31. A. hotel B. hospital C. restaurant D. office
32. A. so B. but C. though D. since
33. A. ask B. call C. help D. invite
34. A. required B. predicted C. expected D. promised
35. A. even B. seldom C. still D. sometimes
36. A. work B. school C. home D. table
37. A. experience B. company C. luck D. trust
38. A. risk B. stress C. test D. habit
39. A. book B. picture C. computer D. tape
40. A. early B. together C. alone D. everywhere
41. A. public B. family C. team D. group
42. A. missed B. followed C. knew D. visited
43. A. leave B. find C. have D. need
44. A. live B. come C. move D. drive
45. A. nervous B. curious C. thankful D. Suitable
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）
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A
I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the
About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
46.The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because ________.
A. he had no money to buy a ticket
B. he wanted to lose himself in the city
C. he tried to know the city in this way
D. it was late and there were no buses passing by
47. The newspaper-seller______.
A. didn’t know where the hotel was
B. didn’t underst and what the writer said
C. could understand what the writer said
D. didn’t want to take the money from the writer
48. From the story we know that the policeman______.
A. was kind but didn’t understand the writer
B. told the writer where to take a train
C. knew what the writer really meant
D. was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer
49. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.
B. The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.
C. The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.
D. The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.
B
Do you know how to use a mobile phone without being rude to the people around you?
Talking during a performance irritates (激怒) people. If you are expecting an emergency call, sit near the exit doors and set your phone to vibrate (振动). When your mobile phone vibrates, you can leave quietly and let the others enjoy the performance.
Think twice before using mobile phones in elevators, museums, churches or other indoor public places —especially enclosed spaces. Would you want to listen to someone’s conversation in these places? Worse yet, how would you feel if a mobile phone rang suddenly during a funeral! It happens more often than you think. Avoid these embarrassing situations by making sure your mobile phone is switched off.
When eating at a restaurant with friends, don’t place your mobile phone on the table. This conveys the message that your phone calls are more important than those around you.
Mobile phones have sensitive microphones that allow you to speak at the volume you would on a regular phone. This enables you to speak quietly so that others won’t hear the details of your conversations. If you are calling from a noisy area, use your hand to direct your voice into the microphone.
Many people believe that they can’t live without their mobile phone. Owning a mobile phone definitely makes life more convenient, but limit your conversations to urgent ones and save the personal calls until you are at home.
50. What should you do when you need to answer a phone call during a performance?
A. Call back after the performance.
B. Answer it near the exit door.
C. Talk outside the exit door.
D. Speak in a low voice.
51. Putting your mobile phone on a restaurant table may make your friends think_____.
A. you prefer to talk to your friends at the table
B. you value your calls more than your friends
C. you are enjoying the company of your friends
D. you are polite and considerate of your friends
52. When you are calling in a noisy area, you are advised to _____.
A. use a more sensitive microphone
B. shout loudly into your microphone
C. go away quietly to continue the phone call
D. use your hand to help speak into the phone
53. The author implies that the use of mobile phones in such places as museums should be_____.
A. limited
B. expected
C. encouraged
D. recommended
C
When we see well, we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are.
People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes, and everything else seems blurry(=unclear). Many people who do a lot of work, such as writing, reading and sewing become near—sighted.
People who are far-sighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but the y have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If th ey want to do much reading ,they must get glasses, too.
Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism (散光). This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s e yes become cloudy because of cataracts (白内障). Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.
Having two good eyes is important for judging distances. Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle (角度). To prove this to yourself, look at an object out of one eye; then look at the same object out of your other eye. You will find the objec t’s relation to the background and other things around it has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distance as people with two eyes.
54. When things far away seem indistinct(模糊不清) , one is probably____.
A. near-sighted
B. far-sighted
C. astigmatic
D. suffering from cataracts
55. The underlined word suffer in the third paragraph probably means_____.
A. experience
B. imagine
C. feel pain
D. are affected with
56. Having two eyes instead of one is particularly useful for______.
A. seeing at night
B. seeing objects far away
C. looking over a wide area
D. judging distances
57. People who suffer from astigmatism have______.
A. one eye bigger than the other
B. eyes that are not exactly the right shape
C. a difficulty that can be corrected by an operation
D. an eye difficulty that cannot be corrected by glasses
D
The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, and pain-free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably(不可避免的) brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment (义务), self - improvement.
Ask a bachelor(单身汉) why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three - day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates （解放）money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
58. According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ______ .
A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities
B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
59. From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ______ .
A. hatred
B. misunderstanding
C. prejudice
D. ignorance
60. What is the author trying to tell us?
A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain.
B. One must know how to attain happiness.
C. It is important to make commitments.
D. It is pain that leads to happiness.
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A-F 中选出能填入空白处的表示该段或文章主题句的最佳选项。

选项中有一项为多余选项。

61. _________
Like a flower with a pleasant scent, your smile can draw people close enough to see inside you. That's Smile Power. A smile has the power to radiate the qualities that make you beautiful on the inside - kindness, friendship, honesty, respect, patience, and self-control. So please give smiles away like flowers. Let your smile be an invitation for others to get to know the great person behind the smile. Then let people see that your smile doesn't stop at your mouth. It goes all the way to your heart. On the other hand, we are drawn to peop le who smile and we want to know a smiling person and figure out what is so good. Frowns, scowls and grimaces all push people away -- but a smile draws them in.
62. _________
Next time you are feeling down, try putting on a smile. There's a good chance you mood will change for the better. Smiling can trick the body into helping you to have a good feelings. So smile is a good state of mind, you have a smile, then you will have a better feelings. So when you are smiling you lighten up the room, change the moods of others, and make things happier.
63. _________
The muscles we use to smile lift the face, making a person appear younger. Don't go for a face lift, just try smiling your way through the day -- you'll look younger. Then you will feel better and have more confident, thus are more likely to be promoted, and more likely to be approached. Put on a smile at meetings and appointments and people will react to you differently because of your confidence.
64. _________
Stress can really show up in our faces. Smiling helps to prevent us from looking tired, worn down, and overwhelmed. When you are stressed, take time to put on a smile. This is because when you smile, there is a measurable reduction in your blood pressure. You can sit for a few minutes, take a reading. Th en smile for a minute and take another reading while still smiling. You will be happy to see your stress disappears quickly.
65. _________
Now try to think of something negative without losing the smile. It's hard. When we smile our body is sending the rest of us a message that "Life is Good!" Stay away from depression, stress and worry by smiling. So smile is a positive state of mind, every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing and then other people will also answer your smile.
第Ⅱ卷（共三节，满分55分）
第三部分：写作（共三节，满分55分）
第一节单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

66. All the _______(艺术家)are coming from western countries.
67. Her being _______(录取) to the key school made her parents happy.
68. ________(就我个人而言), I think our team will win the match.
69. I’m ________(保护) myself from mosquitoes.
70.Sea water ______ (含有) salt.
71. The book is a real_____ (便宜货)at two yuan.
72. He raised h is arm as a (信号) for us to stop.
73. Try to (简化) your explanation for the children.
74. After a (激烈的) battle, the enemy was forced to retreat .
75. One of the phenomena that attracted my (注意力) was the structure of the human body.
第二节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分15分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线（___），并在该词下面写出修改的词。

注意:1．每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分
Dear Alice,
I was delighted to receive your letter. Thank you on the English dictionary you bought it for me. I received it this morning. There is no doubt which it is of great help to me. I’m deep grateful for y our advices that I should pay more attention to practising my spoken English. I’ve made up my mind to speak English both in and out of class. Next month I’l l take trip to Australia, which is organizing by my school. I hope I can practise my spoken English there as many as possible. By the way, I am sending you a set of stamps with this letter, but I’ll send you more if I got any. I do hope you will have a good holiday.
Yours
第三节书面表达（满分30分）
某网站就“中国人该不该过洋节”进行了一次讨论。

请你用英语写一篇关于这个话题的文章，介绍你们班学生们的不同观点，并表达自己的看法。

注意：
1. 文章必须包括表中的全部内容，可适当自由发挥。

2. 词数：100左右。

3. 参考词汇：洋节---foreign festivals 地球村--- global village
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