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。

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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?
   1. A reporter. B. A driver. C. A singer.

2. What's the weather like today?

1. 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?
   1. 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. Driving C. 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。

A

A 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, but if 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 housework. “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 you for 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 suitable

B. they are sure that the best husbands are on the top floor

C. they think even better husbands may be upstairs

D. they know the catch very well

22. The writer intends us to believe that _____.

A. husbands are hard to shop

B. women are hard to please

C. women think they are better than men

D. women can’t be too careful when choosing husbands

23. We can infer from the passage that _____.

A. women are not good at shopping husbands B. more women will leave the shop alone

C. women are romantic D. women are more kind than men

B

Death 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 heart or 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 so that the organism can remain alive before biological death occurs. The best method developed 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 the processes leading to biological death.

To illustrate how this works, scientists performed an experiment on a six-year-old female monkey called Keta. The scientist put Keta to sleep with a narcotic. Then they surrounded her body with ice-bags and began checking her body temperature. 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 an hour later both the heart and breathing stopped: clinical death set in. For twenty minutes Keta remained in this state. Her temperature dropped to 22 degrees. At this point the scientists pumped blood into an artery in the direction of the heart and started artificial breathing. After two minutes Keta’s heart became active once more. After fifteen minutes, spontaneous(自发的)breathing began, and after four hours Keta opened her eyes and lifted her head. After six hours, when the scientists tried to give her a penicillin injection, Keta seized the syringe（注射器）and ran with 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 life

B. his most important organs are damaged.

C. he can not avoid final death.

D. he is still very much alive

25. 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 original physical state

except 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 afternoon bowl of rice. “What’s going on with you and your friend J.? ” J. is the leader of a group of third-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 about 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.” Lucy 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 posted 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 make 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 will 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 friendly B. indifferent but patient

C. loving but strict D. unsatisfied and angry

D

Children’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 ________ .

1. 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。

Home on the Way

People need homes. Children assume their parents’ place as home. Boarders call school “home” on weekdays. Married couples work together to build new homes and travelers have no place to call “home”, at least for a few nights.　36　　? Don’t they have the right to a home? Of course they do. 

Some regular travelers take their own belongings like bed sheets, pillowcases and family photos to make them feel like home no matter where they are. Some stay for long periods in the same hotel and as a result become very familiar with service and attendants. 37　.Furthermore, driving a camping car during one’s travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like home—only mobile! 

And how about keeping relationships while in transit(运输中)?　38　　. Some send letters and postcards, or even photos. Others may just call and say Hi just to let their friends know that they’re still alive and well. People find ways to keep in touch. Making friends on the way helps travelers feel more or less at home.　39　　.　 

Nowadays, fewer people are working in their local towns, so how do they develop a sense of belonging? Whenever we step out of our local boundaries, there is always another “home” waiting to be found.　40　　, we can make the place we stay “home”. 

A. Hostels（招待所） provide a clean safe place to stay while you are travelling the world

B. Others may simply put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely

C. Backpackers in youth hostels may become very good friends,even closer than siblings(手足)

D. So how about people who have to travel for extended periods of time

E. No matter where you go in the world,hotels are there,too

F. Some keep contact with their friends via Internet

G. Wherever we are,with just a little bit of effort and imagination

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

I had just picked up my new car, a very beautiful automobile if you’re into cars. A few months later, I was involved in an41. That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.

It was clearly not my42. The other guy was so busy on his cell phone that he went right through a red light and knocked into the passenger side of my car. It was even 43because my niece was asleep on the back seat and her father, my brother, was in the front passenger seat. He was not44, to say the least.

The police arrived and began taking statements. I45that my speed had been up to about 55kmph. “So you were going about 50kmph…” he said.

“No, I said I was doing about 55kmph,” I said.

“Right, so you were doing about 50kmph…” again he46.

In a slightly47tone because I felt I wasn’t being heard, I said: “No! I was doing about 55kmph!”

“OK, if that’s48you want it,” this time the officer simply replied.

I didn’t49it at the time, but I was shooting myself in the foot. My insurance company paid me for the damages to my car.50, I totally missed the boat on the other driver’s insurance company.

The city speed limit is 50km. I51getting 50 percent less than I would have from the other guy’s insurance company because I had52I was doing 55km.

It suddenly53me that the traffic policeman had been trying to help me out. He hadn’t54about the 5kmph; he had known55about the insurance that I had not.

I thought about what had56over and over again. I might have carried on insisting that I told the57, but I could at least have said “Thank you” to him58acting so rudely. After all, he had been trying to help me out.

Sometimes the59thing to do is to let other people talk while you simply shut up and listen. Never forget --- to60, you have to be able to listen.

41. A. accident B. event C. incident D. exam

42. A. effort B. faultC. attempt D. intention

43. A. luckier B. angrier C. scarier D. sadder

44. A. frightened B. nervous C. happy D. worried

45. A. argued B. explained C. shouted D. introduced

46. A. reminded B. required C. resisted D. repeated

47. A. contented B. surprised C. puzzled D. annoyed

48. A. the speed B. the result C. the factD. the way

49. A. believe B. imagine C. realize D. think

50. A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Furthermore

51. A. gave up B. ended up C. took up D. made up

52. A. thought B. said C. insisted D. suggested

53. A. turned B. struck C. occurred D. came

54. A. talked B. found C. minded D. noticed

55. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything

56. A. remained B. happened C. passed D. ended

57. A. reality B. course C. truth D. cause

58. A. more than B. instead of C. regardless of D. other than

59. A. happiest B. easiest C. worst D. hardest

60. A. hear B. learn C. say D. Think

第II卷

第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Over the years I've been teaching children about a simple 61.___________ powerful concept --- the ant philosophy (哲学).I think everybody should study ants.
They have an 62. ____________(amaze) four-part philosophy, and here is the first part: ants never quit. That's a good philosophy. If they're heading somewhere and you try to stop them, they'll look for 63 ____________way. They'll climb over, they'll climb under, and they'll climb around. They never quit looking for a way to get where they 64.____________ (suppose) to go.
Second, ants think winter all summer. That's an important viewpoint. You can't be so naive ( 天真的) as to think summer will last forever. So ants are gathering in their winter food in the middle of summer and make 65.______________(prepare) for the long cold winter. You’ve got to think storms when it’s fine. You've got to think rocks as you enjoy the sand and sun. Think ahead.
The third part of the ant philosophy is that ants think summer all winter. That is so important. During the winter, ants remind 66. _____________,"This won't last long. We'll soon be out of here." And on the first warm day, the ants are out. 67. ____________ it turns cold again, they'll dive back down, but then they come out on the first warm day. They can't wait to get out.
And here's the last part of the ant philosophy. How much will 68. ____________ ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All he 69. _____________ (possible) can. What an incredible philosophy! 70. ___________you can learn from the ant philosophy is: Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节: 短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(/\)，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后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Mary is a 16-year-old high school student, who devoted herself to her lessons every day. Last Saturday, as usual, she went to several class. In the evening, she continued to study until deeply into night. She was too sleepy and tired that she couldn’t work effectively. On the Sunday morning, she was about to do her lessons while her father came up and advised her to take a break. Soon they came up a good idea. We decided to go cycling in the countryside. Mary had great fun, competing and chatting with her father, and felt relaxing in the open air. On Monday, Mary was energetic but active in class.

第二节: 书面表达（满分25分）

假如你叫李华，上个月刚刚高中毕业，某公司要招聘临时翻译，你向该公司递交一份申请书，谋求这个职位。可从个人英语水平、类似工作学习经历、与人交往能力等方面进行阐述。词数100字左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Sir or Madam,

In an advertisement I know that your company is in need of a temporary interpreter. I would like to ...______________________________________________________________________

Yours faithfully

Li Hua

宜昌一中2016届高三12月联考

英语试卷参考答案

听力 1-5 CAACB 6-10 BABAB 11-15 ACCBA 16-20 CABCB

阅读 21--23 CBB 24-27. ACDC28-31 BCAC 32-35 ADBC

7选5 36-40　DBFCG

完形填空 41--40 ABCCB DDDCA BCBCA BCBDA

语法填空 61. but 62. amazing 63. another 64.are supposed 65. preparations 66.themselves67. If 68. an 69. possibly 70. What

短文改错第一节: 短文改错
【小题1】devoted改为devotes
【小题2】class改为classes
【小题3】deeply改为deep
【小题4】too改为so
【小题5】去掉the
【小题6】while改为when
【小题7】加上with
【小题8】We改为They
【小题9】relaxing改为relaxed
【小题10】but改为and

书面表达

Dear Sir or Madam,

In an advertisement I know that your company is in need of a temporary interpreter. I would like to apply for the job.

Having learned English for ten years, I can well manage it. I took great interest in English from early years, which must contribute greatly to my English level. Thanks to my fluent spoken English, I’ll be equal to the job. I once participated in an English speaking contest and finished first place and that proved my perfect oral English and enhanced my confidence. Besides, I’m outgoing and like communicating with others, and as a result, I make friends with people from all walks of life. I can keep a calm mind even facing strangers, which may assure me to be a qualified interpreter.

In a word, I’m full self-confident that I can get the position and do it well.

Thank you for your consideration. I wish to get your answer soon.

Yours faithfully

Li Hua