徐水综合高中高三年级2014-2015学年第一学期月考一

英语试题

第 I 卷

第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分30分)

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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. Who is helping to do housework now?

A. Jack. B. Alice. C. Neither of them.

2. Where are the speakers?

A. On the first floor. B. On the second floor. C. On the third floor.

3. How will the man travel to London?

A. By car. B. By coach. C. By train.

4. What will the man do first?

A. Pack his luggage. B. Phone the travel agent. C. Plan the trip.

5. When will the plane to Milan leave?

A. At 7:15. B. At 8:15. C. At 9:15.

第二节

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，各个小题将给出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. What are the speakers doing?

A. Reading about movies. B. Looking at a magazine. C. Watching a movie.

7. What did the Times say about the movie?

A. It was rather dull. B. The picture was too light. C. It was worth three stars.

8. Why is the man complaining?

A. Someone is blocking his vision.

B. He has poor eyesight.

C. Their seats are too far back.

听第7段材料，回答第9、10题。

9. What is the speakers’ problem?

A. Something went wrong with the replacements they sent out.

B. The man sent the wrong desks to their customers.

C. They didn’t send out the desks on time.

10. How will the woman solve the matter?

A. Make a call to their customers.

B. Send the man to meet their customers.

C. Visit their customers in person.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why is the woman at the airport?

A. To fly to London. B. To see Jake off. C. To meet Tom.

12. What is Tom worried about?

A. His plane is late.

B. Jake might miss the plane.

C. He has no time to talk with Linda.

13. What’s the woman’s impression of Jake?

A. He plays an important role in the company.

B. He’s not good at his job.

C. He cannot be depended on.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Why is Sharon surprised at the start of the conversation?

A. The man ate so much food. B. The man was not smoking. C. The man looked very happy.

15. What happened to the man when he was trying to quit smoking?

A. He found the first three days most difficult.

B. He gained a lot of weight.

C. He almost gave it up.

16. What helped the man a lot to overcome the stress?

A. Delicious food. B. Support from friends. C. Physical exercise.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the purpose of the letter?

A. To complain about the poor service.

B. To tell his friend about his terrible experience.

C. To give the company some suggestions.

18. When did the train leave Glasgow?

A. At 8:00 a.m. B. At 8:40 a.m. C. At 9:10 a.m.

19. Which city was the speaker’s final destination?

A. London. B. Paris. C. Frankfurt.

20. What can be inferred from the letter?

A. It was getting hotter and hotter in London.

B. The speaker felt hungry on the train.

C. The train was delayed because of the terrible weather.

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中（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Each year on February 2nd, there is a special festival called Groundhog Day (土拨鼠日 )' forecasting event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. When it comes, people from around the world, including 5,000 in the small town today, watch this tongue-twisting(发音饶舌的) small town for a sign from one groundhog that supposedly predicts when that years' spring will arrive.

If it's a cloudy day outside when the groundhog pops from its cave, then spring will arrive early that year. However, if it is sunny outside, the groundhog will supposedly be scared by its own shadow, hiding underground for six more weeks of cold weather.

Of course, Punxsutawney Phil's prediction is no more able to guarantee the extended forecast than your local weatherman. ABC News reports that an analysis by the National Climate Data Center found that Phil's predictions are more often wrong than right.

Philis is also found to have made some unpleasant predictions. Ever since 1887, he has predicted 99 extended winters and just 16 early springs. Nine of the years' predictions were unavailable, according to ABC.

The holiday began as a German tradition in 18th century and became even more of a cultural phenomenon after the 1993 film Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray.

Punxsutawney Phil has become a celebrity in his own right. Each year, the fatter animal with long teeth is watched by millions as he emerges from a cave in the town he is named after. Phil has become so beloved by the town that he actually lives in the local library with his “wife" Phyllis.

Taking inspiration from the hard state of Bill Murray’s character in the classic film, Yahoo contributor Owen Rust says Groundhog Day is a good time to reflect on one’s routines.

21. The underlined word “pops” means “ ”.

A. escapes B. hides C. increases D. appears [来源:学*

22. The reason why Phil's predictions aren't pleasing is that_____________.

A. some of the predictions were unavailable B. Phil wants to do that for fun

C. Phil likes to make unpleasant predictions D. he has predicted more late springs

23. How does Punxsutawney Phil become a celebrity?

A. By an accident. B. From people's life improving.

C. By his own attractive force D. From much money raised by the town.

24. Which does this passage mainly talk about?

A. The National Climate Data Center B. Groundhog Day weather forecasting

C. A tongue-twisting small town D. A German tradition

B

LONDON (Reuters) Ecotourism is causing a lot of damage to wildlife and may be endangering the survival of the very animals people are flocking to see, according to researchers.

Biologists and conservationists are worried because polar bears, dolphins, penguins and other creatures are getting stressed and losing weight and some are dying.

"Evidence is growing that many animals do not react well to tourists in their backyard，” New Scientist magazine said.

The immediate effects researchers have noticed are changes in behavior, heart rates or stress hormone levels but they fear it could get much worse and over the long term could endanger the survival of the very wildlife they want to see.

Although money produced through ecotourism, which has been growing at about 10-30 percent a year, has major benefits for poor countries and people living in rural areas, the Swiss-based World Conservation Union (IUCN) and some governments fear not all projects are audited（审计） and based on environmentally friendly policies, according to the magazine.

Transmission of disease to wildlife，or small changes to wildlife health through disturbance of daily life or increased stress levels, while not obvious to the casual observer, may translate to lower survival and breeding,” said Philip Seddon, of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Scientists have noticed that bottleneck dolphins along the northeastern coast of New Zealand become nervously excited when tourist boats arrive. Similar changes in behavior have been observed in polar bears and yellow-eyed penguins in areas visited by colorists are producing smaller babies.

Conservationists are now calling for more research into the effect of ecotourism on animals and say the industry must be developed carefully. They also want studies done before new ecotourism projects are started.

“The animals’ welfare should be very important because without them there will be no ecotourism,” said Rochelle Constantine of the University of Auckland in New Zealand

25. Which is not discovered to have changed in animals disturbed by tourists?

A. behavior B. hormone levels C. birth rate D. heart rates

26. We may learn from the text that _____.

A. ecotourism must be developed properly

B. polar bears are losing weight without enough food

C. all the poor countries have stopped ecotourism

D. money produced through ecotourism should be spent on wildlife

27. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?

A. Many animals do not react well in their backyard

B. Studies should be done before new ecotourism projects are started

C. Ecotourism has been growing at about 10—30 percent a year.

D. polar bears in areas visited by ecotourists are producing smaller babies.

28. What Rochelle Constantine said in the last paragraph implies that _____.

A. if people want to get high income, they must develop ecotourism

B. people should take good care of wildlife

C. animals are people's good friends

D. animals have rights to live their own life

C

Forget Twitter and Facebook, Google and the Kindle. Television is still the most influential medium around. Indeed, for many of the poorest regions(地区)of the world, it remains the next big thing—finally becomes globally available. And that is a good thing, because the TV revolution is changing lives for the better.

Across the developing world, around 45% of families had a TV in 1995; by 2005 the number had climbed above 60%. That is some way behind the U.S. ,where there are more TVs than people, and where people now easily get access to the Internet. Five million more families in sub-Saharan Africa will get a TV over the next five years. In 2005 , after the fall of the Taliban（塔利班）,which had banned TV, 1 in 5 Afghans had one. The global total is another 150 million by 2013—pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families.

Television’s most powerful effect will be on the lives of women. In India, researchers Robert Jensen and Emily Oster found that when TVs reached villages, women were more likely to go to the market without their husbands’ approval and less likely to want a boy rather than a girl. They were more likely to make