桂林市第十八中学2015届高三上学期第一次月考英语试题

第Ⅰ卷（共100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。听完每段对话后，你都有10称钟的时间来回答有关小题如阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

Why does the man learn Chinese?

To visit a paper

To visit China one day

To communicate with an e-friend

What will the man probably do?

Buy a newspaper

Put up an ad in the paper

Go to the woman’s office

What is the relationship between the speakers?

Classmates

Workmates

Roommates

What are the speakers mainly talking about?

Matches

Hobbies

Soccer

What will the speakers give George?

A bike

A guitar

Some videos

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秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. Where is the camera?

A. In the woman’s bag.

B. In the man’s hand luggage.

C. In the woman’s hand luggage.

7. What is the woman’s attitude towards the man’s words?

A. Nervous. B. Happy. C. Impatient.

8. What did the woman probably forget?

A. The tickets. B. The passports. C. The traveller’s cheques.

听第7段材料，回答第9 至11题。

9. When did the woman lose her mobile phone?

A. On her way home.

B. On her way to a bank.

C. On her way to a football game.

10. What is the man’s advice?

A. Call the insurance company.

B. Report the loss to the police.

C. Phone the bus company.

11. What time is it probably?

A. 9:40. B. 10:00 C. 10:20

听第 8段材料,回答第 12至 14题。

12. What is the woman doing?

A. Registering in a company.

B. Writing a short self-description.

C. Asking for a form from a matchmaking company.

13. Why does the woman’s friend like the matchmaking company?

A. She doesn’t have to pay for the register.

B. She can know different kinds of people.

C. She can meet people who like the same things.

14. What does the woman think of the matchmaking company?

A. It is helpful. B. It is reliable. C. It is effective.

听第 9段材料,回答第 15至 17题。

15. How does Andrew communicate with people?

A. He sends them e-mails.

B. He likes to have a regular meeting.

C. He talks with them through the telephone.

16. What does the woman suggest doing?

A. Having a talk with Andrew.

B. Asking Andrew to set up a meeting.

C. Asking other colleagues about the scheme.

17. What do the speakers think of the scheme?

A. It is reasonable. B. It is unacceptable. C. It is beneficial.

听第10段材料，回答18至20题。

18. Where does the speaker probably work?

A. In a museum.

B. In a travel agency.

C. In a car sales centre.

19. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A. Exhibitions of films.

B. Exhibitions of vehicles.

C. Exhibitions of music.

20. Which is the world’s first jet ski?

A. The one from Mr Bean.

B. The one from Die Another Day.

C. The one from The Spy Who Loved Me.

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 ，并在 题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.

The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal — that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for. It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck — of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher — to be a published writer — is unbelievably rewarding.

21. The author decided to write a novel ______.

A. to finish the writing course B. to realize her own dream C. to satisfy readers’ wish D. to earn more money

22. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?

A. Disturbed. B. Ashamed. C. Confident D. Uncertain.

23. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?

A. It pays to stick to one’s goal. B. Hard work can lead to success.

C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky. D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.

B

SPORTS EVENTS

BASKETBALL:

Central Sports Centre. City Road.

All Stars vs Rockets, Saturday 8: 30 p.m. $12

Northerners vs Tigers, Sunday noon $14

BUSHWALKING (越野走)：

Meet at Wanda Station, Saturday 9:00 a.m. sharp for 3-hour walk to Canary Mountains. $7, ph 341-5432 Meet at Westley Station, Sunday 9:00 a.m. sharp for a full day walk to Wombak Valley. $5, ph 341-8643. Bring your own lunch.

FOOTBALL:

St Martins Sports Centre

St Martins vs Doonsberg, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $8

Eastside Central vs Light Hill, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $8

Neill Park Recreation Centre

Neill Park vs Robinson, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $11

Essen vs Springwood, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $11

LAWN BOWLS(草坪滚木球）：

Tans Town B.C

Tans Town vs White Vale, Saturday 9:00 p.m. $10

Wake Hill B.C.

Wake Hill vs Colls, Saturday 2: 00 p.m. $9

24. According to the passage, the most popular time for the sporting events may be ____.

A. Sat 8:30 pm B. Sun noon C. Sun 2:00 pm D. Sat 2:00 pm

25. The purpose of the passage is to let people ____.

A. compare the prices of the matches

B. find the nearest place to watch a match

C. know the sport matches and come to watch them

D. spend their money on these matches wisely

26. You may find the passage most probably in a ____.

A. handbook B. newspaper about match reviews C. magazine about ball matches D. notice

27. If you have $18, you can go to watch both ____.

A. Walk Hill vs Colls and Essen vs Springwood

B. All Stars vs Rockets and the bushwalking at Westley Station

C. Neill Park vs Robinson and Eastside Central vs Light Hill

D. St Matins vs Doonsberg and Northerners vs Tigers

C

“To find something so unusual in this day and age is just extraordinary,” said Timmins. “For all we know, this could be the last remaining animal family left to be discovered.”

It’s a big deal to discover an entirely new family of animals. Humans, for instance, belong to the same family as great apes, chimpanzees, and gorillas. So even though kha-nyous look like rats, they’re really very different. The last time scientists discovered a new family of mammals may have been in the 1970s, when they found new bats in Thailand.

Timmins seems to have the gift for finding new animals in Laos—he discovered a new species of rabbit there in 1999.

Scientists call the kha-nyou Laonastes aenigmamus, which means “mysterious mouse that lives among the stones.”But if that's too hard, Timmins and Robinson suggest you call them “rock rats”.

28. Which of the following is not the name for this new creature?

A. Karsts. B. Kha-nyou. C. rock rats. D. Laonastes aenigmamus.

29. Which of the following cannot describe the new species of rodent?

A. They live among the rocky hills of Laos.

B. They live on meat of other animals.

C. They look like rats but are of different kind.

D. They are of the latest discovery of a new species.

30. Which of the following is the last discovery of new species of animal except the rodent?

A. A new kind of bats. B. Great apes. C. A new kind of squirrel. D. A new kind of rabbit.

31. It implies in the passage that ______.

A. finding a new animal family in Southeast Asia is easy

B. finding a new animal family in modern time is extremely rare

C. in Southeast Asia new species of animals are often discovered

D. animals that look like the same are of the same family

D

The movies just wouldn’t be the same without the warm buttery taste of popcorn. Amazingly, this delicious treat started its life as a corn kernel (玉米粒) , not just from any corn. Popcorn is a type of sweet corn that was originally grown in Mexico and spread to China, India and elsewhere. It is the only kind of corn that will pop. Today, most of the world’s popcorn is grown in the United States.

Every popcorn kernel contains a tiny drop of water，surrounded by soft starch (淀粉). When the popcorn is heated, the water turns into steam. This puts pressure on the surrounding hard kernel, forcing it to explode. The soft starch increases about 40 times in size as the corn kernel turns itself inside out.

In the 1500s popcorn was an important food source for the Aztec Indians of central and southern Mexico. But it wasn’t only food. It was also used in ceremonies or on red dresses and in necklaces. By the time the Europeans arrived in America，popcorn had spread through most of the American Indians.

Some early American settlers ate popcorn with cream and sugar for breakfast. But it wasn’t until the late 1800s that popcorn became popular. The demand for popcorn increased and farmers began farming popcorn. The first mobile popping machine was invented in 1885, and popcorn was sold by street sellers much like hot dogs that are sold today.

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the popcorn business still thrived as people could still afford it. Then in the 1950s television arrived and popcorn consumption decreased. People stayed home and stopped going to the theatre. But the link between movies and popcorn had already existed. Soon people began making popcorn at home on the stove and, later，microwave popcorn was introduced. Today the movies have regained popularity and popcorn has once again become the favorite.

32. Popcorn was first planted in________.

A. China B. America C. India D. Mexico

33. Why does the corn kernel pop when heated?

A. B