广东省茂名市水口中学2018年高三英语月考试题含解析

广东省茂名市水口中学2018年高三英语月考试题含解
析
一、选择题
1. —Can I have a look after you finish it?
—____, but you’d better not take it out of the reading-room.
A. Oh come on
B. That depends
C. Don’t ask
me D. I suppose so
参考答案：
D
2. — Why was our foreign teacher unhappy yesterday?
— News about the tsunami striking her country ______ an attack of homesickness.
A. set for
B. set out
C. set about
D. set off
参考答案：
D
3. But for the fact that he _______ spare the time, we would invite him to go to the party tonight.
A. couldn’t
B. can’t
C. should not
D. weren’t to
参考答案：
B
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33. A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Theatre Royal on 19th June. and then tours throughout Scotland
A. opens
B.is opened
C. will open
D.will be opened
A
5. Having walked in the desert for several days， we felt exhausted， but we had to find
a pool before the water we had
A. ran out of
B. ran away
C. ran
out D. ran off
参考答案：
C
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6. Remember not to telephone me after 7：30 pm, for I ____ the students in the classroom then.
A. will coach
B. will be coaching
C. have been coaching
D. have been coached
参考答案：
B
7. increasing the distance of your walks, you may lose more weight.
A．By B．From C．On D．Fo r
参考答案：
A
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8. —Shall I lock the lab before I leave?
—_____. I’ll check it myself later.
A. Go ahead
B. No problem
C. No hurry
D. Don’t bother
D
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9. Currently car insurance is not _______ in the annual inspection; all the vehicles are required
to register insurance covering safety and property.
A. temporary
B. optional
C. arbitrary
D. confidential
参考答案：
B
10. --What fine weather it is! Why not go for a walk outside?
--Yeah. _________.
A. Never mind.
B. It’s a pleasure.
C. What about you?
D. I can’t agree mo re.
参考答案：
D
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11. Under no circumstances _______ take part in any discussion that attempts to change your mind through flattery(恭维).
A. you should
B. should you
C. would you
D. you would
参考答案：
B
12. —Water can dissolve almost anything and give nutrients to creatures.
—Yes, and that’s one of its _____.
A. characters
B. properties
C. qualities
D. abilities
参考答案：
B
13. ________ related industries, Beijing will also commit to promoting the intelligent connected vehicle (ICV) industry, whose future market is huge.
A. In virtue of
B. In terms of
C. On top of
D. On behalf of
参考答案：
C
【详解】考查介词短语辨析。

A. In virtue of通过，由于；B. In terms of就…而言；C. On top of 除…之外； D. On behalf of代表；句意：除了相关的工业之外，北京还承诺促进ICV，ICV未来的市场很巨大。

根据句意可知C项正确。

14. Contrary to popular belief, taking a walk immediately after meals doesn’t _______ do good to our health.
A. necessarily
B. specially
C. directly
D. constantly
参考答案：
A
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5. small, the company has about 1,000 buyers in over 30 countries.
A. As
B.If
C. Although
D. Once
参考答案：
C
16. —Does coffee really work when you have to work late into night?
—Yes.As far as I'm concerned，I feel very ________ after a coffee.
A．energetic B．normal C．adequate D．sensitive
参考答案：
A
17. —Hello, is that Ms. Blackburn, the headteacher speaking?
—I'm sorry. There isn't ____ Ms. Blackburn in our school.
A. the
B. a
C. one
D. 不填
参考答案：
B
18. I’ll bring some medicine just _____ some of us get sick while travelling.
A. in case
B. as if
C. even though
D. as long as
参考答案：
A
二、书面表达
19. 基础写作（满分：15 分）
一位美国学生对中国的印象
下面是中国学生李华与美国学生John 的对话：
问：初来中国的印象如何?
答：发现中国很多人，很拥挤。

但重要的标识都有中英文对照，到处逛逛，也很容易。

问：你认为中国的城市怎样？
答：城市发展差别不大，例如，上海、北京、广州。

问：觉得这里的天气与美国有何不同？
答：我非常奇怪这里圣诞节与新年，都没有雪，在美国1—3月通常下很多雪。

问：目前你印象最深的事情是什么？
答：参观历史古迹，特别是长城。

[写作内容]
根据上述对话，以John的身份写一篇短文，包括以下内容：
1. 介绍对中国的初次印象；
2. 介绍中国城市发展的现状；
3. 介绍中美天气差别；
4. 介绍对中国印象最深的事情。

[写作要求] 只能使用5句话表达全部内容；短文的开头已给出，不算入总句数内。

[评分标准] 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

参考答案：
’m so glad to have such a chance to visit China. Very first time, I noticed how crowded it is and has a lot of people here. But most of signs here are both in Chinese and English, making it pretty easy for you to get around . In China, the development of cities makes little difference such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.
It is strange to me not to have snow at Christmas and New Year Festival while we usually get a lot of snow from January to March in America. I guess so far the most impressive thing would be visiting some of the historical sites, especially the Great Wall .或 ( I guess so far what has impressed me most is visiting some of the historical
sites ,especially the Great Wall.)
读写任务：25 分
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三、阅读理解
20. The Secret to Happiness
A new report makes it clear that when it comes to the life satisfaction of UK citizens, the ball is in the government’s court. For some time, sensible people have been arguing that governments need to focus less on economic growth and more on the wellbeing（幸福）of citizens. Be careful what you wish for.
In response to this demand, from 2011 David Cameron instructed the Office for National
Statistics to gather data on people’s self-reported happiness and life satisfaction. Little practical good has come from this so far, but a new report by George Bangham for the Resolution Foundation is one of the best attempts to make useful sense of the data. He concludes: “The best prospects for policymakers targeting future increases in national wellbeing lie in raising job quality, raising incomes, particularly at the lower end, and policies to improve security in the housing market.”
The age correlation（相关）turns out to be certainly linked to politics, despite the fact that no political party can make a difference to your date of birth. The happiness of pensioners is not just a function of their age, but of policy. On average, 70-year-old boomers today are the most affluent retirees in history, often owning their own homes and in receipt of generous pensions. People of 70 are not going to be as content in 30 or 40 years’ time if they are unable to retire, don’t own their homes and have small incomes.
However, there is one respect in which teens and recent retirees are remarkably similar. Compared to other age groups, they tend to inhabit a sweet spot of having high degrees of freedom. The typical 16-year-old has new freedoms without ever having had any serious responsibilities. The typical 70-year-old, having experienced a lifetime of work and family duties, has a very different kind of freedom, one born from relief.
Besides，it should not surprise us to find that people tend to be happier when they have fewer worries. But this, too, has important political implications. If the government is really interested in raising overall national happiness, it has to make sure as many citizens as possible feel secure in their health, their housing and their incomes. Different states’ records in achieving this is one important reason why Nordic countries repeatedly score highly in international life satisfaction surveys and North America underperforms to its GDP.
Whichever way you look at it, there is no escaping the conclusion that increasing wellbeing across society requires joined-up, long-term policy efforts. This is exactly what the Resolution Foundation recommends.
42. What can be conveyed from the sentence “the ball is in the government’s court” in Paragraph 1?
A. The government officials are fond of playing ball games.
B. The government determines national happiness.
C. The government makes citizens feel happy.
D. The government is in a ball game.
43. What does the underlined word “affluent” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Responsible.
B. Careful.
C. Honest.
D. Rich.
44. According to the author, the secret to happiness is freedom and _________.
A. income
B. health
C. security
D. destiny
45. What is the author’s attitude to the function of government on national happiness?
A. Negative.
B. Positive.
C. Doubtful.
D. Unsatisfactory.
参考答案：
42. B 43. D 44. C 45. B
【分析】
这是一篇说明文。

文章通过论述，告诉读者：提高全社会的福祉需要共同的、长期的政策努力。

政府在提高全民幸福感方面起着关键作用。

【42题详解】
推理判断题。

根据第一段中的“For some time, sensible people have been arguing that governments need to focus less on economic growth and more on the wellbeing（幸福）of citizens.”可知，一段时间以来，明智的人们一直认为，政府需要少关注经济增长，多关注公民的福祉。

由此可知，公民是否幸福取决于政府对此的关注度。

故“the ball is in the government’s court”想表达的意思应该是“公民的幸福取决于政府”，故B选项正确。

【43题详解】
词义猜测题。

根据后文的“often owning their own homes and in receipt of generous pensions”可知，第一批“婴潮者”现在70来岁，他们拥有自己的房子并领取可观的退休金。

由此推知，这些人生活很富足，故划线单词意思为“富有的”，D选项正确。

【44题详解】
细节理解题。

根据倒数第二段中的“If the government is really interested in raising overall national happiness, it has to make sure as many citizens as possible feel secure in their health, their housing and their incomes.”可知，如果政府真的对提高整体国民幸福感兴趣，就必须确保尽可能多的公民在健康、住房和收入方面感到安全。

由此可知，安全感是衡量人们是否幸福的一个关键标准。

故C选项正确。

【45题详解】
观点态度题。

根据第一段中的“A new report makes it clear that when it comes to the life satisfaction of UK citizens, the ball is in the gov ernment’s court”可知，政府决定着公民们的幸福感。

第二段到第四段对此进行了具体阐述。

最后一段中的“there is no escaping the conclusion that increasing wellbeing across society requires joined-up, long-term policy efforts.”得出结论，提高全社会的福祉需要共同的、长期的政策努力。

综上，整篇文章一直在强调政府在公民的幸福方面起着关键作用。

故作者对此持积极态度。

B选项正确。

【点睛】根据语境猜测词义：语境既上下文。

由于上下文中的生词不是孤立存在的，其词义与句中其它词的词义或具体的语境有着密切的联系。

因此在阅读过程中，许多生词的词义可以充分利用上下文中相关的词汇，短语并结合具体的语境来推测。

例如在第二小题中，考生必须根据下文“often owning their own homes and in receipt of generous pensions”才可以推知画线词语的意思。

21. I was never tired of heating their story．As a little girl，I’d sit beside my mom with their
wedding album spread across my lap，slowly turning the pages of 8 x l 0 glossy black and white
photographs．I’d trace my fingers along their faces，along that white wedding dress．“Tell me again，”I said . “Tell me again about you and dad．”
And she’d smile and her eyes would crinkle(眯起来)and she’d get that loving look and then she’d
repeat once more Their Love Story．
I’d smile too and stare at that photo of my non looking SO beautiful and my dad so tall and
handsome．
“Your dad was tall and really good—looking as he stood by his classroom door greeting his
students．Besides coaching，he taught history and social studies．I often stole a few looks since my
classes were nearby．That year I had many conversations with ‘ M r．Kehoe’，sometimes when he
had lunch duty，sometimes when I had cheerleading practice．He was appointed cheerleader sponsor
and I’d been a cheerleader for four years．
We were married that November during the Thanksgiving holiday．1 went from a graduate one
year to a teacher’s wife the next!
But part of the story that I loved most，that all my life I thought was magical and wonderful and
amazing and exciting and oh—so romantic．
So，what do you think ?Did God speak to me?"
I’d catch and hold my breath，then exclaim，“Oh，yes !God told you that you’d marry Dad!”
Now can you see why I loved heating Their Love Story ?And SO their wedding．Then their
marriage．Then their family．Three babies in three years，then a fourth. Then，what else would you
expect after heating the Voice of God—years and years and years of Happy Moments!
Now it’s come to this：60 years of marriage !
56．The underlined word “trace ”in Paragraph 1 probably means “______”
A．cover B．cross C．raise D．move
57．According to the passage，we know the g irl’S dad was a
A．coach B．student C．cheerleader D．photographer
58．We can learn from the passage that _______.
A．the couple has three children in all
B．the album was all the photos of the girl
C．the girl heard her parents’love story many times
D．the g irl’s mother got married in December after graduating
59．The author enjoyed listening to her parents ’love story because of
A．their happy marriage B．God’s blessing for them
C．a romantic beginning D．a girl’s curiosity
参考答案：
DACA。