武穴中学2014届高三上学期12月月考

英语试题

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共8页，共150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。

2．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。

3．二卷试题用黑色中性笔作答。

◇◇◇ 祝同学们取得好成绩！

第一卷（选择题 共115分）

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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读一遍。

1. What will the man probably take?

A. The subway. B. The bus. C. The taxi.

2. When will the library be open on Saturdays?

A. 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. B. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. C. Closed.

3. What’s the man now?

A. An engineer. B. A teacher. C. An official.

4. What does the man mean?

A. The woman should consult her dancing teacher.

B. The woman should practice more.

C. The woman should continue to take her dancing class.

5. What do we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman may not have followed the doctor’s instructions.

B. The man will go to see the doctor again with the woman.

C. The woman is too ill to recover in a few days.

第二节 (共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What does the man like to do this evening?

A. Hold a party. B. Watch TV. C. Go to the cinema.

7. When will the company party start?

A. At 5:30. B. At 7:30. C. At 8:00.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is the man?

A. A salesman in a small shop.

B. A manager of a supermarket.

C. A staff of a department store.

9. What might the woman think of supermarket staff?

A. Unfriendly. B. Nice. C. Well paid.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where did the man see the ad for the bike sale?

A. On TV. B. In a department store. C. In the newspaper.

11. Which is the latest model?

A. The Curzon. B. The Anderson. C. The Instant.

12. What does the man decide to do in the end?

A. Go to the shop to have a look first.

B. Buy the cheapest one.

C. Buy the one recommended by the woman.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the purpose of the woman’s visit?

A. Business. B. Pleasure C. Business and pleasure.

14. Where will the woman stay during her stay in the country?

A. At a friend’s home. B. At a hotel. C. At her own home.

15. What are in the woman’s luggage?

A. Clothes, computer and books.

B. CD player, clothes and books

C. Some gifts, books and CD player.

16. What do we know about the woman?

A. Her parents are on the same trip.

B. She enjoys travelling to different countries.

C. She was born in that country.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What was Mr. Flowers’ greatest hope?

A. To grow a rose of new color and win a prize.

B. To grow beautiful flowers.

C. To take part in the competition.

18. Why did the boys often throw a stone or two at the glasshouse?

A. Because they hated Mr. Flowers.

B. Because they were naughty.

C. Because they just wanted to play a joke on Mr. Flowers.

19. Why did Mr. Flowers put up a large notice made of good strong wood?

A. To tell the boys not to throw stones at the notice.

B. To make the boys see it clearly.

C. To make the glasshouse safe.

20. Why did the boys throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ notice?

A. Because they wanted to do what they were told not to.

B. Because the notice was closer to the path.

C. Because the notice was in the way.

第二部分：英语知识运用 (共二节，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. —Do you let your kids travel alone at night??? —?______?!?? A. Forget it???? B. Go ahead???? C. Absolutely not?? D. At any time

22. －Any information about your son???? －No，if only I??______ those tough words to him．?????????? ?? ??? A. didn’t say??????????????????B. hadn’t said ??? C. shouldn’t have said??????D. couldn’t have said23. Last night Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time.?______，he met some friends and stayed out

until midnight.A. Meanwhile???? B. However???? C. Instead???? D. Thus

24. Be careful not to drop it; it's very ______.

A. fragrant B. fragile C. allergic D. aggressive

25. ______ for the fact that his father is general manager of the company, he would never get the job.

A. Had it not been B. Were it not C. Had not it been D. Were not it

26. Zhao Benshan, whose overwork ______ his health failure, didn’t perform in the 2012 Spring Festival Gala on CCTV.

A. submitted to B. admitted to C. contributed to D. subscribed to

27. —What made little Tony so unhappy and cry in his room??? —?______?to go hiking with his brother.?? A. Having not been allowed?????? B. Not having allowed?? C. Having not allowed???????? D. Not having been allowed28. Of the two readable books, which do you think is ______ one for me to read?

A. a more suitable B. more suitable C. a suitable D. the more suitable

29. People generally believe that women are more emotional than men, but in my experience that often isn’t the ______.

A. case B. point C. view D. stage

30. －What will today’s talk be about?

－In the lecture ______, the professor will tell us something about modern English usage.

A. following B. followed C. to follow D. to be followed

31. Music should be taught routinely in schools because of the benefits _____ can have on the development of the brains of young children.

A. which B. that C. one D. it

32. When it comes to whether campus love should be______, there is no agreement among people.

A. applied? B. refreshed C. sponsored? D. advocated?

33. －Why does the river smell terrible?

－Because large quantities of water______．

A. have been polluted???????????????? B. is being pollutedC. has been polluted????????????? D. have polluted

34. If the weather is fine, we’ll go. If ______, ______.

A. not; not B. no; no C. not; no D. no; not

35. ______ was most important to her, she told me, was her family.

A. This B. What C. As D. It

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important 36 : giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You needn’t worry if you 37 money.

This is how I 38 with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store 39 in my mind, I step in and make the 40 to the storekeeper. If an accident takes place, the 41 of which I think the local police could use, I 42 him up and tell him about it, though I am not in 43 here. I found a rule about this world is to give 44 getting something back, though the 45 often comes in an unexpected form.

One Sunday morning the local post office delivered an important special letter to my home, though it was 46 to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 47 . More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was 48 . I was told at the window that there were 49 boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long 50 list. As I was about to be 51 , the postmaster appeared in the 52 . “Wasn’t it you that wrote us that letter a year ago about delivering an

53__ delivery to your home?” I said it was. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office 54 we make one specifically for you. You don’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get 55 but complaints.”

36. A. difference B. research C. speech D. discovery

37. A. earn B. lack C. spend D. steal

38. A. experienced B. connected C. cooperated D. experimented

39. A. strikes B. flashes C. happens D. attempts

40. A. appeal B. request C. suggestion D. demand

41. A. story B. damage C. challenge D. material

42. A. call B. hold C. cheer D. pick

43. A. possession B. trouble C. place D. charge

44. A. plus B. without C. for D. before

45. A. process B. goal C. return D. concern

46. A. replied B. addressed C. driven D. brought

47. A. invitation B. apology C. complaint D. appreciation

48. A. discussing B. providing C. applying D. starting

49. A. enough B. extra C. no D. other

50. A. admitting B. relating C. buying D. waiting

51. A. positive B. shocked C. discouraged D. optimistic

52. A. doorway B. window C. home D. yard

53. A. unfamiliar B. unexpected C. unknown D. uncertain

54 A. in case B. now that C. even if D. rather

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

第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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

My favorite English teacher could draw humor out of the driest material. It wasn’t forced on us either. He took Samuel Johnson’s dictionary, Addison’s essays, and many other literary wonders from the eighteenth century and made them hilarious, even at eight o’clock in the morning. The thing that amazed me most was that the first time I read these works on my own, some of them seemed dead, but the second time, after his explanation, I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t seen the humor. The stories and poems and plays were suddenly filled with allusions(典故) and irony and hilarious moments. I learned more from him than from any other teacher.

My least favorite English teacher also made people laugh. Some students found him to be wonderfully funny. Many others did not. He assigned journals over a six-week period, to be written every day. At the end of the six weeks I had a notebook full of bits and pieces about my ideas, short stories, reactions to what we had read, and so on. Our teacher announced that we would be grading each other’s journals. Mine was passed to Joe, that class clown, who always behaved in a funny or silly way. He saw it fit to make a joke of and said, “This writing isn’t fit to line the bottom of a birdcage.” Our teacher laughed at that funny remark. It hurt me so much that the anger from it has driven my writing and teaching ever since.

So what makes the difference? Humor is one of the most powerful tools teachers or writers have. It can build