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2014年重庆一中高2015级高三上期第四次月考
英 语 试 题 卷 2014. 12
英语试题卷共10页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。
注意事项:
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4.所有题目必须在答题卡上作答,在试题卷上答题无效。
Ⅰ、听力理解(共两节:每小题1.5分,满分30分)
第一节
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 woman mean?
A. The man always loses his car keys.
B. The man should let the woman keep the car keys.
C. The man should study harder for his lessons.
2. What does the girl imply?
A. She will definitely go to the party.
B. She won’t come because it’s Friday the 13th.
C. She will be out of town that day.
3. Why doesn’t the woman want to drink the water?
A. She isn’t thirsty. B. It tastes bad. C. It has dark stuff.
4. What does the man intend to say?
A. The woman got a good deal.
B. The woman probably paid too much.
C. The woman’s hair looks better than normal.
5. What will the man do at noon?
A. Play football. B. Ride a bike. C. Stay at home.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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。听每段对话或独白前,你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白听两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. Where is the woman’s new house?
A. By the beach. B. In the city. C. In the country.
7. How does the man sound in the end?
A. Satisfied. B. Unhappy. C. Humorous.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. Why is the woman a bit nervous?
A. She is afraid of getting up late.
B. She is a newcomer at the school.
C. She isn’t ready for the coming exam.
9. What must the students do before morning reading?
A. Hand in their homework.
B. Do some morning exercise.
C. Go to the teacher’s office.
10. What can students do if they feel hungry?
A. Ask the teacher for some food.
B. Eat something during a break.
C. Go home and have something to eat.
听第8段材料,回答第11、12题。
11. What does the man recommend to begin with?
A. Sharing a flat. B. Staying in a hotel. C. Staying with a family.
12. According to the man, who can help the woman find the right place to stay?
A. People at the student union. B. Her teacher. C. Her friends.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. Where might the woman come from?
A. China. B. America. C. The UK.
14. Where will the speakers go first?
A. Chinatown. B. Central Park. C. National History Museum.
15. When is the best time to go to Broadway?
A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.
16. Where will the speakers have dinner probably?
A. In the Chinatown. B. At the woman’s house. C. In Harlem.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What is the website about?
A. MobileCook.com. B. GlobalChef.com. C. MobileChef.com.
18. What type of food does the speaker mention?
A. Chinese noodles. B. American barbecue. C. Italian rice dishes.
19. How can people find dishes to cook?
A. By typing words in the search bar.
B. By pressing the “Shop” button.
C. By first paying a fee to use site.
20. What can we learn about the site’s users?
A. They always post video of themselves cooking.
B. They sometimes make money from their posts.
C. They mainly come from America.
Ⅱ、英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节 单项填空(共15小题:每小题1分,满分15分)
21. It is _______ common sense that too much salt won’t keep us in _______ good condition.
A. a; the B. a; / C. /; / D. /; a
22. — It turned out to be quite warm in Dali. We _______ the trouble to take heavy clothes.
— Good watch prevents misfortune.
A. needn’t have taken B. shouldn’t take
C. mustn’t have taken D. wouldn’t take
23. All the clothes she was interested in _______, Susan left the Outlets and headed towards the parking lot full-handed.
A. bought B. having bought
C. buying D. being bought
24. — What’s the capital of Bhutan?
— _______ Let’s go online and find it out.
A. You bet! B. Guess what!
C. You’ve got me there! D. Give me a break!
25. Attending the concert given by the world-famous singer is an exciting moment, _______ I’ve been looking forward to for ages.
A. what B. that C. it D. one
26. Tom is so familiar with the lines. He must have read the novel a couple of times, _______?
A. mustn’t he B. hasn’t he C. didn’t he D. doesn’t
27. — Have the Browns got their new house painted yet?
— I don’t know. But I was told it _______ when I met them last week.
A. had been painting B. would be painting
C. was painted D. was being painted
28. After taking over the position, he could hardly imagine such occasions _______ he could spend a day with his kids.
A. which B. when C. as D. how
29. The party was a success. But we thought it a pity not _______ you.
A. to invite B. to be invited
C. to be inviting D. to have invited
30. — Hey! Here is a message on my phone, telling me to send money to the bank account…
— Delete it! It’s a trick. Many a person _______ by such tricks.
A. were taken in B. have been taken in
C. has been taken in D. was taken in
31. It is _______ demand for iPhones in China is greater than supply that has encouraged some to hire people to buy products and resell them at higher prices.
A. whether B. that C. because D. what
32. He was admitted into Beijing University and years of his hard work _______ eventually.
A. paid off B. were paid off
C. had paid off D. had been paid off
33. _______ the soldier’s timely action, the naughty boy would have drowned in the pool.
A. Weren’t it for B. Were it for
C. Had it been for D. Had it not been for
34. — What should I wear for your company’s cocktail party?
— There’s no certain rule so dress _______ you like.
A. whichever B. however C. whatever D. whenever
35. — Shall I return the book to the library?
— _______. Let John do it.
A. All right B. Yes, please C. No trouble D. No, thanks
第二节 完型填空(共20小题:每小题1. 5分,满分30分)
A
Not too long ago, an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly. A guest checking out of our Polynesian Village Resort was asked how she 36 her visit. She told the front-desk clerk she had had a(n) 37 vacation, but was heart-broken about losing several rolls of Kodak color film she had not yet 38 , as her stay at our Polynesian Luau was a memory she especially treasured.
Now, please understand that we have no written service rules 39 lost photos in the park. Fortunately, the clerk at the front desk understood Disney’s idea of caring for our 40 . She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of 41 film, promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau.
Two weeks later the guest received a 42 at her home. In it were photos of all the actors of our show, personally signed by each performer. There were also 43 of the public procession (游行队伍) and fireworks in the park, taken by the clerk in her own time after work. I 44 to know this story because this guest wrote us a letter. She said that 45 in her life had she received such good service from any business.
Excellent 46 does not come from policy handbooks. It comes from people who care — and from a culture that 47 and models that attitude.
36. A. expected B. paid C. enjoyed D. realized
37. A. disappointing B. uncomfortable C. important D. wonderful
38. A. developed B. taken C. washed D. loaded
39. A. finding B. covering C. keeping D. making
40. A. workers B. clerks C. guests D. managers
41. A. printed B. shot C. recorded D. unused
42. A. film B. card C. camera D. packet
43. A. rules B. pictures C. performances D. tapes
44. A. aimed B. happened C. managed D. attempted
45. A. never B. only C. almost D. simply
46. A. advice B. experience C. service D. quality
47. A. requires B. encourages C. regulates D. commands
B
Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform. Why are uniforms so 48 in the United States?
Among the arguments for uniforms, one is that in most people’s eyes they look more professional than civilian clothes. A television repairman who appears in a uniform inspires more trust than one who doesn’t. Faith in the skill of a mechanic is 49 by a uniform. What easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, or a barber to lose professional 50 than stepping out of uniform?
Uniforms also have many practical 51 . They save on other clothes and laundry bills. They are often more durable than civilian clothes.
Primary among the arguments 52 uniforms is their lack of individuality. While there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without change, until retirement. When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act 53 , on the job at least.
Uniforms also 54 practical problems. Though they are long-lasting, often their initial cost is greater. Some uniforms are also 55 to maintain, requiring professional dry cleaning rather than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes.
48. A. special B. fashionable C. popular D. common
49. A. increased B. created C. reduced D. presented
50. A. popularity B. ability C. stability D. identity
51. A. benefits B. characters C. functions D. purposes
52. A. about B. with C. against D. over
53. A. honestly B. similarly C. confidently D. differently
54. A. bring up B. come up with C. result from D. give rise to
55. A. expensive B. easy C. complex D. cheap
III、阅读理解(共20小题:每小题2分,满分40分)
A
China’s new term, tuhao, may be in next year’s Oxford English Dictionary. The word caught the attention of the dictionary’s editing team after BBC’s recent program on influential Chinese words. “If its influence continues, it is very likely to appear on our updated list of words,” said Julie Kleeman, project manager with the editing team.
In Chinese tu means vulgar (粗俗的) and hao means rich. It has traditionally been referred to rich people who throw their weight around in China’s countryside. The word became more popular in September with the launch of Apple’s new gold-colored iPhone, which is loved by China’s rich people. The color became known as “tuhao gold”. The word is now also used by the online community to refer to people who have the cash but lack the class to go with it. Kleeman also mentioned two other Chinese words — dama and hukou — which may also make it into the dictionary.
People can have an intuitive (直觉的) grasp of the meanings if they see pinyin, Kleeman said, adding that people avoid using an English word to keep the original meaning.
“We have nearly 120 Chinese-linked words now in Oxford English Dictionary,” she said. Some of them are: guanxi, which means “connection”; taikonaut, a mix of taikong, meaning outer space, and astronaut.
The new word will be first uploaded on the official website before the dictionaries arrive. The online version is also renewed every three months. “It at least broke our old rules. It used to take 10 years to include a new word but now we keep pace with the time,” according to a statement from ex-chief-editor John Simpson.
56. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the text?
A. Dama and hukou have made it into Oxford English Dictionary.
B. Some influential Chinese words appeared on BBC’s recent program.
C. Tuhao refers to people who have both the cash and the class.
D. John Simpson thinks that it is not good to break old rules.
57. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Give orders to others. B. Get ready to help others.
C. Go on a diet. D. Put on weight.
58. Tuhao became more popular in September partly because _______.
A. it is very likely to appear in Oxford English Dictionary
B. it is often used by the online community
C. Apple launched a new gold-colored iPhone
D. people use Chinese pinyin to keep the original meaning
59. The main idea of the text is that ______.
A. tuhao has a new meaning at the present time
B. sometimes pinyin makes Chinese words better understood
C. tuhao may end up in Oxford English Dictionary
D. Oxford English Dictionary includes new words faster than before
B
In this age of Internet chat, video games and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last year.
As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.
A revelation came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (随兴地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was using my daughter’s experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.
60. What do we learn from the first paragraph?
A. Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.
B. Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.
C. Rebecca depends on a lot of online materials for her writing.
D. A lot of distractions compete for children’s time nowadays.
61. Why did Rebecca want to enter this year’s writing contest?
A. She believed she had real talent for writing.
B. She was sure of winning with her mother’s help
C. She wanted to share her stories with readers.
D. She had won a prize in the previous contest.
62. The author took great pains to improve her daughter’s stories because _______.
A. she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance
B. she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much
C. she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dream of becoming a writer
D. she was afraid that Rebecca’s imagination might run wild while writing
63. The author wanted to give parents the advice that _______.
A. a writing career, though attractive, is not for every child to pursue
B. children should be allowed freedom to grow through experience
C. parents should keep an eye on the activities their kids engage in
D. children should be given every chance to voice their opinions
C
Nuclear power’s danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be described in one word: radiation.
Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected by human senses. It can’t be seen or heard or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all round us but we can’t detect them, sense them, without a radio receiver. Similarly, we can’t sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.
At very high levels radiation can kill an animal or a human being outright by killing masses of cells in important organs. But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no level or radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be significant. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed outright, your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They reproduce themselves in an unusual way. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.
This is another reason for some of the mystery: about nuclear radiation, serious damage can be done without the knowledge of the person at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated and feel fine, then die of cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak or easy to get serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.
Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.
64. According to the passage, the danger of nuclear power lies in _______.
A. nuclear story B. radiation detection
C. radiation level D. nuclear radiation
65. What does the underlined word “outright” mean?
A. instantly B. fiercely C. widely D. correctly
66. Which of the following statement is NOT true based on the article?
A. Similar to radio wave, nuclear radiation can never be detected.
B. Radiation is dangerous since it does harm at any level.
C. In some cases it’s less harmful to have your cells killed rather than damaged by radiation.
D. Awareness of radiation damage needs to be aroused among people.
67. Which of the following would be the best title of the article?
A. Nuclear Weapons Lead to Numerous Deaths
B. Radiation, Detectable or Undetectable?
C. Radiation, A Mysterious Killer
D. New Findings of Nuclear Power
D
The moon is made of ice-cream. Little green men live in the center of the earth. Nearly everyone tells lies. Only the third statement is true; or at least that is what Dr. Robert Feldman of the University of Massachusetts says. Dr. Feldman conducted an experiment in which he asked 240 students to talk to each other for minutes. He filmed the conversations and then asked the students to watch themselves to confirm if all that they had said was true.
It turned out that nearly all of them had lied at least once. Many were surprised about the number of things they said that just weren’t true or so they claimed. It seems that we not only lie, we do it naturally and without thinking.
“It’s so easy to lie,” said Dr. Feldman. “We teach our children to be honest, but also to be polite and avoid offending people. Kids get a mixed message and that affects how they behave as adults.”
According to Dr. Wendy Gamble of the University of Arizona, kids don’t need any instructions in lying. It comes naturally to them. Dr. Gamble, a psychologist, has identified four different types of lies that both children and adults tell. The “pro-social” lie is told to help or protect other people. The “self-enhancement” lie is told by someone who wants to look good to other people. The selfish lie protects the speaker by harming someone else. And worst of all, the “anti-social” lie is told for the pleasure of getting someone else into trouble.
According to Dr. Feldman, men and women lie in different ways as well. “Women are more likely to lie to make the person they are with feel good. Men lie to make themselves look better,” he says. The husband tells his wife he’s due for a promotion at work. “Of course you are,” she replies.
“Honesty is the basis of healthy relationships,” says Dr. Gamble. “But rather than dismiss (不予考虑) all lying as bad, we should reflect that deception is common and socially acceptable.” Some psychologists argue that the lies people tell each other help hold society together. They make us feel good about each other and ourselves and encourage tolerance and trust. Just think what the world would be like if everybody said exactly what they thought all the time.
Yet there are times when people also need to hear the truth. It would be wrong to say that lying makes the world go around. It’s the little green men in the center of the earth who do that.
68. It is _______, according to Dr. Gamble, that makes people lie.
A. parents’ instructions B. school education
C. social experiences D. human nature
69. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The world will be lovely if everyone told exactly what they thought.
B. Lies are actually common and acceptable in daily lives.
C. The little green men in the center of the earth make the earth go around.
D. We should always tolerate people who don’t tell the truth all the time.
70. In Paragraph 5, the wife said “Of course you are” to _______.
A. make her husband feel great B. show her love to her husband
C. build up her husband’s confidence D. help with her husband’s promotion
71. “I never tell lies” is a(n) _______.
A. “pro-social” lie B. “self-enhancement” lie
C. selfish lie D. “anti-social” lie
E
As you are probably aware, the latest job market news isn’t good. Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero. That’s bad for the economy, of course. And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers right now. But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think.
That’s because job growth numbers don’t matter to job hunters as much as job turnover (人员更替) data. After all, existing jobs open up every day due to promotions, resignations, firings and retirements. In both good times and bad, turnover creates more openings than economic growth does. Even in June of 2007, when the economy was still moving ahead, job growth was only 132,000 while turnover was 4.7 million!
And as it turns out, even today—with job growth near zero—over 4 million job hunters are being hired every month.
I don’t mean to suggest that overall job growth doesn’t have an impact on one’s ability to land a job. It’s true that if total employment were higher, it would mean more jobs for all of us to choose from and compete for. And it’s true that there are currently more people applying for each available job opening, whether it’s a new one or not.
But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don’t is their ability to stay motivated. They’re willing to do the hard work of identifying their valuable skills; be creative about where and how to look; learn how to present themselves to potential employers; and keep going, even after repeated rejections. The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that 2.7 million people who wanted and were available for work hadn’t looked within the last four weeks and were no longer even classified as unemployed.
So don’t let the headlines fool you into giving up. Four million people get hired every month in the U.S. You can be one of them.
72. The author tends to believe that high unemployment rate _______.
A. deprives many people of job opportunities
B. prevents many people from changing careers
C. does not mean the U.S. economy is worsening
D. should not stop people from looking for a job
73. What is the author’s opinion about overall job growth?
A. It doesn’t have much effect on individual job seekers.
B. It increases people’s confidence in the economy.
C. It gives a ray of hope to the unemployed.
D. It doesn’t mean greater job security for the employed.
74. According to the author, the key to landing a job is _______.
A. Education B. Persistence C. Intelligence D. Experience
75. What do we infer from the passage about the unemployment figures in the U.S.?
A. They clearly indicate how healthy economy is.
B. They provide the public with the latest information.
C. They warn of the structural problems in the economy.
D. They exclude those who have stopped looking for a job.
IV、书面表达(满分35分)
写作一 (满分15分)
请结合材料,按要求完成写作。
My mother has a rule for me since I entered school: be among the Top5 students or get punished in one way or another.
1.就此材料发表你的感想;
2.紧扣材料,观点明确;
3.词数不少于60。
写作二(满分20分)
近年来,由于食物浪费现象日益严重,为响应政府建立“节约型社会”的号召,中国各地纷纷掀起了“光盘”行动(Clean Your Plate Campaign)。假设你是李华,你的加拿大笔友Mike发来邮件希望了解更多关于“光盘”行动的信息。请结合以下要点用英语给他回复邮件,词数不少于80(开头结尾已给出,不计入总词数)。
1.该行动开展的背景
2.你对该行动的看法
3.对中学生如何开展这个行动提出建议
参考词汇:节约型社会 an economized society
Dear Mike,
Glad to receive your E-mail. I appreciate your interest in China’s Clean Your Plate campaign. Yours,
Li Hua
命题人:余 乐
审题人:张云建
2014年重庆一中高2015级高三上期第四次月考
英 语 答 案 2014.12
听力:1-5 AABBC 6-10 ABBAB 11-15 CABBC 16-20 CCBAB
单选:21-25 CAACD 26-30 BDBDC 31-35 BADBD
完型:36—40 CDABC 41-45 DDBBA 46-47 CB
48-52 CADAC 53-55 BDA
阅读:A. BACC B. DCAB C. DAAC D. DBAB E. DABD
书面表达:(略)