育才中学高三(含答案)

2014学年育才中学高三第二学期英语月考试卷 ( 2015.2)

第Ⅰ卷

I. Listening Comprehension (30’)

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. At a bakery. B. At a hotel.

C. At a post office. D. At a birthday party.

2. A. Librarian and student. B. Operator and caller.

C. Boss and secretary. D. Customer and repairman.

3. A. 30 minutes. B. 60 minutes.

C. 90 minutes. D. 120 minutes.

4. A. A best sailor. B. A latest book.

C. A good business. D. An exciting story.

5. A. By going on a diet. B. By eating fruit and vegetables.

C. By having fewer meals. D. By doing physical exercise.

6. A. It was interesting and easy to follow. B. It was far beyond his understanding.

C. It was as difficult as he had expected. D. It was long but easy to understand.

7. A. The traffic is always very heavy. B. The man needn’t go to the airport.

C. The subway is crowded at rush hours. D. The man had better take the subway.

8. A. The woman prefers going out. B. The woman will make the decision.

C. The man agrees with the woman. D. The man would rather stay inside.

9. A. The man can tell Kelly the news the next day.

B. The man shouldn’t tell Kelly the news at school.

C. The man should tell Kelly’s brother the news.

D. The man had better tell Kelly the news by himself.

10. A. The match will be put off due to the rain.

B. The rain isn’t likely to influence the man’s team.

C. The result of the match is sure to be affected.

D. The rain will help the man’s team win the match.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. To get better jobs. B. To save more money.

C. To move into a larger apartment. D. To receive further education.

12. A. It had family-friendly politics. B. It owned a child-care center on site.

C. It offered its staff excellent benefits. D. It rewarded employees with apartments.

13. A. Satisfied. B. Surprised. C. Confused. D. Interested. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. In 1185. B. In 1209. C. In 1386. D. In 1836.

15. A. Because many early learning centers were set up.

B. Because Oxford and Cambridge were established.

C. Because the largest expansion of universities occurred.

D. Because independent universities came into existence.

16. A. Definition of universities. B. Development of universities.

C. Finance for universities. D. Donations for universities.

Section C

Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each blank.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A (16’)

Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent.

My mother always devoted a certain time of day to me alone when I was a child. From the time I was a baby, at that certain time she ____25____(play) the piano and sing for me, putting me on the piano bench next to her when I was old enough to sit up. One day when she was too busy to

do it, I crawled up on the bench and began to pick out “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” Mother came ____26____(run) in from the kitchen and saw me at the piano, but thought it must have been some fluke that allowed me to play, for I was only two and a half years old. So she asked me to play it again for her. I played it again and again, first for her, then for others, and have played all along. When I was older I went to the Juilliard School of Music. I kept on with the piano, ___27____ felt the need to know music from other perspectives. So I studied composing to find out what goes into a piece and conducting so I’d know what was going on with each part of an orchestra when I performed with one.

_____28____ of these areas have since become as much a part of my life as performing, and I can ’t tell which I enjoy most. Perhaps I should describe each separately. In conducting, the greatest satisfaction comes from working with the musicians in the orchestra, seeing smiles on their faces, knowing they want to please me. And I know they don’t want to please me just to get me out of their hair, for I ’m not an authoritarian figure to them. I ’m someone with ___29____ they ’re making music. It’s a nice, warm kind of feeling to look out on the orchestra and see all eyes on you, waiting to make music with you and looking to you to help them do it well.

Most people associate batons with conducting, but I’m impatient with them, and whenever possible, I avoid using them. Holding a baton uses nearly the whole hand and keeps it stiff. The hand is so much ____30____(flexible) and expressive without it, for obviously, you ____31___ do more with ten fingers than five. Personally, I’d tell girls to have a goal, a dream, to find out what you want to do in life, and do whatever it is to the best of your ability. Be prepared to hear the word “no ” a lot. 32______ ______ ______you’ve worked hard and know you’re qualified, you should never take a “no ” to heart, but just keep trying.

For almost two months Dominic York, a 23-year-old hairdresser, ____33___(wander) about hospitals at night, wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor. Yesterday he proudly claimed in court that ____34___ his complete lack of medical experience or qualifications, he had saved several people’s lives. He had even been allowed ____35____(assist) a surgeon during an emergency operation on a patient who was about to die on something she had swallowed.

“I watched one of those TV dramas about a hospital and suddenly I felt like ___36___(play) one of the roles myself. So I put on a white jacket and stethoscope and walked around one of the biggest hospitals in London. At first I just watched. ____37___ you’ve learn how doctors talk to patients, nurses and other doctors, it’s easy to take people in,” he said.

One of the patients he treated was Laura Kennan. She ____38____(knock) down by a car and fainted. When she came into the hospital, York was standing over her.

“He looked very professional. He told me his name was Doctor Simon. Then he gave me some sort of injection,” she said. And then he suddenly cleared off when a nurse asked who he was. She didn’t think there was anything wrong. “I would never have realized he was ____39___fake if a policewoman hadn’t showed me his photograph a week later. ___40___ the policewoman told me who he really was, I could hardly believe my ears.”

Section B (10’)

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need

Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a confusing and ___41___ experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps __42__ the talk with slides, writing up important information on the blackboard, __43__ reading materials and giving out assignments. The new student sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and __44__ what to write. Very often the student leave the lecture with notes which do not catch the main points and which become hard even for the students to understand.

Most institutions provide courses which __45__ new students to develop the skills they need to be __46__ listeners and note-takers. If these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which enable learners to practice these skills__47__. In all cases it is important to tackle the problem before actually starting your studies.

It is important to ____48___ that most students have difficulty in acquiring the language skills required in college study. One way of __49__these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the academic year. Another basic ___50____ is to find a study partner with whom it is possible to identify difficulties, exchange ideas and provide support.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A (15’)

Directions: For each blank in the following passages 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.

Technically, any substance other than food that alters our bodily or mental functioning is a drug. Many people __51__believe the term drug refers only to some sort of medicine or an illegal chemical taken by drug __52__. They don’t realize that familiar substances such as alcohol and tobacco are also drugs. This is why the more neutral term substance is now used by many physicians and psychologists. The __53__ “substance abuse” is often used __54__ “drug abuse” to __55__ that substance such as alcohol and tobacco can be just as harmfully __56__ as heroin and cocaine.

We live in a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances (drugs) is widespread: an aspirin to __57__a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going in the morning. When do these socially acceptable and apparently __58___ uses of a substance become misuses? First of all, most substances taken in excess will produce __59__ effects such as poisoning or intense lasting distortions. Repeated use of a substance can also lead to physical addiction or substance dependence. Dependence is marked first by an increased tolerance, with more and more of the substance __60__ to produce the desired effect, and then by the appearance of unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the substance is discontinued.

Drugs (substance) that __61__the central nervous system and __62__ consciousness, mood, and behavior are known as psychoactive substances. Psychoactive substances are commonly grouped according to whether they are stimulus, depressants, or hallucinogens. Stimulus initially speed up or activate the central nervous system, __63__ depressants slow it down. Hallucinogens have their __64__ effect on perception, distorting and altering it in a variety of ways including producing hallucinations. These are the substances often called psychedelic (from the Greek word meaning “mind manifesting ”) because they seemed to __65__ change one ’s state of consciousness.

51. A .seldom B. always C. mistakenly D. rarely

52. A. addicts B. uses C. illegal D. eaters

53. A. word B. saying C. term D. speaking

54. A. in place B. more than C. less than D. instead of

55. A. ensure B. make clear C. assure D. insure

56. A. misused B. restricted C. evolved D. traced

57. A. press B. release C. slow D. relieve

58. A .aggressive B. constructive C. dominant D. sensitive

59. A. positive B. good C. neutral D. negative

60. A. made B. requested C. required D. rejected

61. A .effect B . compose C. affect D. restore

62. A. increase B. alter C. switch D. transform

63. A. and B. or C. meanwhile D. while

64. A. single B. psychological C. primary D. various

65. A. entirely B. medically C .repeatedly D. dramatically

Section B (22’)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video, and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as yon need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.

Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long-hours work culture to make more money to buy more things is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or pastimes. Many are turning to other ways of living and Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year. One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs , leaving their two children with a nanny (保姆). Most evenings Daniel wouldn't get home until eight or nine o'clock and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.

Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. "I always wanted to have a farm hen," says Daniel, "and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It's taken some getting used to, but it's been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think it's made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier.

Liz, however, is not quite sure. "I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I'm not really a country girl, but I suppose I'm gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about66. What do the first two paragraphs tell us?

A. People seldom work long hours to make money.

B. People hardly buy more things than necessary.

C. People are sure everything they own is in the right place.

D. People realize there is more to life than just making money.

67. When Daniel was a reporter he _________________.

A. lived in central London B. disliked his job

C. missed his children D. was well paid

68. What does the underlined "it" in the last paragraph refer to?

A. Child-caring. B. Liz's advice. C. Downshifting. D. Liz's job.

69. The underlined word "downshifting" in the second paragraph means _________.

A. repairing your car by yourself B. spending money carefully

C. moving out to the countryside to live a simpler and better life

D. living in a big house in the suburbs and dining out once a week.

(B)

70. Parents who want to help their children with mathematics may buy __________________.

A. Virtua Striker 4 ver. B. Racing Car Kiddy Ride

C. Happy Doctor Monkey D. Happy Zoo DX

71. Which of the following is true according to the ads above?

A. Kiddy Ride is a new machine worth EURO$1150.

B. Virtua Striker 4 ver. is a latest version of software.

C. Virtua Striker 4 ver. may be popular among basketball fans.

D. Happy Zoo DX will help children in their study of music and art.

72. If you use Virtua Striker 4 ver. , you can __________________.

A. greatly improve your football skill

B. watch the World Cup alive

C. feel the matching atmosphere more tense

D. change players’ data at any time

73. It is obvious that people can read the ads above __________.

A. on a board B. on TV C. in a newspaper D. on the Internet

(C)

One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They use their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, making it possible to withdraw or deposit money in scattered locations, whether or not the local branch bank is open. For many of us the "cashless society" is not on the horizon — it's already here.

While computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep track of their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to reorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and staffing assignments to be made accordingly. And they also identify preferred customers for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied on by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer-analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future, and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the production process itself.

Numerous other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazine publishers, from gas and

electric utilities to milk processors, bring better and more efficient services to consumers through the use of computers.

74. According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to ________.

A. withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishes

B. obtain more convenient services than other people do

C. enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper

D. cash money wherever he wishes to

75. From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that ________.

A. in the future all the Americans will use credit cards

B. credit cards are mainly used in the United States today

C. nowadays many Americans do not pay in cash

D. it is now more convenient to use credit cards than before

76. The phrase "ring up sales" (Line 2, Para. 2) most probably means "________"

A. make an order of goods B. record sales on a cash register

C. call the sales manager D. keep track of the goods in stock

77. What is this passage mainly about?

A. Approaches to the commercial use of computers.

B. conveniences brought about by computers in business.

C. Significance of automation in commercial enterprises.

D. Advantages of credit cards in business.

Section C (8’)

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

The community college has been around for more than 100 years. At first community colleges were simply a continuation of high school. Students took classes in English, history, mathematics, and science that qualified them to teach children from kindergarten through the eighth grade. Small in size and responsive to demand, these colleges soon began to do more. During the Great Depression, community colleges offered job-training programs. After World War II, they helped veterans acquire the skills they would need for a peacetime economy. In the 1960s, social concerns and the search for opportunity further fueled the growth of the community-college system. Today, there are more than 1,000 such schools throughout the United States, and more than nine million people enroll in certification or degree programs each year. An additional five million people take classes to learn skills that they can use on the job or to pursue personal interest.

Although all community colleges share a common belief in the value of continuing education, each is a unique institution that serves the needs of its community. Colleges often work with businesses to encourage economic growth. Together, they identify the skills needed in the modern workplace so that the college can design successful programs. Students can earn an associate ’s degree in two years or less. Community colleges also cost less to attend than a four-year university.

In rural parts of the United States, community colleges have begun to change a harsh present into a hopeful future. Steady declines in farming, mining, and forestry have resulted in high levels of unemployment and severe poverty. Young people leave their homes to try to find work in the

cities. Widespread illiteracy is also a problem. In response the colleges have provided access to computers, and at the same time contributed to the shaping of the public policy.

Rural community colleges are also pioneers in education. They have been using satellite television to connect teachers to students often hundreds of miles apart. Some of them, especially those affiliated(附属于) with Native American Communities, have also become the guardians of culture. They are centers of scholarly research and the headquarters of oral history. They teach native arts and history in the classroom. Besides, they have even been able to link economic improvement to regional identity through cultural tourism.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS .)

78. At first community colleges were only a continuation of high school, but they began to develop because _______________.

79. _______________ shows the uniqueness of each community college.

80. In rural areas, how can community colleges help to solve unemployment, poverty and the illiteracy problem?

81. What can community colleges do to preserve Native American culture?

第Ⅱ卷

I. Translation (22’)

82. 我认为他不会反对进行这项研究。(object)

83. 昨天发生的事完全应责怪我，而不能怪他。(It 强调结构)

84. 在高考中碰到难题时，保持冷静和信心是成功之关键。 (keep)

85. 这部有关抵抗入侵者的历史小说引人入胜，我简直爱不释手。(So…that)

86. 迄今为止，中央政府的反腐(anti-corruption)运动提升了公众对国家未来的信心，这确实

给整个社会注入了正能量。(which)

II. Guided Writing (25’)

Directions: Write an English composition in about 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

1. 描述照片内容。

2. 谈谈你的感想。

2015年高三第二学期开学考答案及听力文字材料

1—5 ADCBD

6—10 BDBAB

11—13 CDA 19. outdoor 14—16 DCB 20. tips 17. tiring 18. 15 21. stomachache 23. half an hour 22. biscuits and sweets 24. take some/the tablets/medicine

25.would play 26. running 27. but 28. Both 29. whom 30. more flexible

31. can 32. As long as

33. wandered 34. despite 35. to assist 36. playing 37. Once 38. had been knocked

39. a 40. When

41-50 HIGBJ CDKAF

51-65 CACDB ADBDC CBDCA

66-69 DDCC 70-73 CBCD 74-77 BCBB

78. they are small in size and responsive to demand

79. Serving the needs of its community

80. By providing access to computers and helping form the public policy.

81. They teach native arts and history in class and develop cultural tourism.

82. I don ’t think he will object tohe but I was to blame for confident is the key to success .

85. So attractive is putting it down .

86. The central government’has raised public confidence in the country ’s future, which has really injected positive energy into the whole society.