湖南师大附中2015届高三月考（五）

英 语 试 题

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本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅渎和书面表达。时量120分钟。满分150分。

Part I Listening Comprehension （30 marks）

Section A （22．5 marks）

Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers．For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, Band C．Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question．

You will hear each conversation TWICE．

Conversation 1

1．What made the man worried?

A．Losing his car．

B．The wheels of his car being gone．

C．His car being stolen．

2．How did that happen?

A．He left his car outside．

B．Someone had broken into his garage．

C．He forgot to lock his garage．

Conversation 2

3．What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A．Chemicals． B．Management． C．Pollution．

4．How does a TV station deal with the situation?

A．Show the importance of the laws．

B．Report the event on TV．

C．Talk to the manager．

Conversation 3

5．Why doesn't the woman order the products on time?

A．There's a problem with the central computer．

B．The products aren't to the customers' tastes．

C．The products are of poor quality．

6．What do the speakers disagree on?

A．How to train the staff．

B．How to find better staff．

C．How to improve the service

Conversation 4

7．How did the man's mother celebrate his 14th birthday?

A．She took him to watch a Harrison Ford film．

B．She invited his friends for a birthday party．

C．She arranged for him to watch a famous actor working．

8．In what aspect does the man look different from his mother?

A．The shape of his face and coloring．

B．His eyes and forehead．

C．His mouth and nose．

9'．What did the man's mother enjoy most?

A．Family． B．Cleaning． C. Acting

Conversation 5

10．What can we learn about the Latin Quarter?

A．It's in the ．students' area．

B．It's expensive．

C. It's quiet．

11．How docs the woman suggest the man go around?

A．By taxi． B．By subway． C．By bus-

12．Where arc the speakers probably?

A．In Paris． B．In London． C．In New York．

Conversation 6

13．What is the possible relationship between the speakers?

A．Mother and son． B．Workmates． C．Wife and husband．

14．What docs the woman advise the man to do?

A．Work full-time． B．Balance the budget． C．Find another job．

15．What happens in the end of the conversation?

A．The man agrees with the woman．

B．The man envies the woman．

C．The man gets impatient with the woman．

Section B （7．5 marks）

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage．Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered

blanks with the information you have heard．Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS．

You will hear the short passage TWICE．

Part Ⅱ Language Knowledge （45 marks）

Section A （15 marks）

Directions．．For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and

D．

Choose the one that best completes the sentence．

21．Although there an increasing number of such cases against people, crime against large

companies _____ a bigger problem．

A．is; are B．is; is

C．are; is D．are; are

22．One day they crossed the _____bridge behind the palace．

A．old Chinese stone B．Chinese old stone

C．old stone Chinese D．Chinese stone old

23． They ' cannot wipe away the stain of the past, they can certainly move forward.

A While B．When C． If D．Because

24. The world changed a lot since the Internet ____ in the late 20th century.

A- burst forth B．burst open

C．bunion the scene D．burst into flame

25. is no possibility _____Bob can win the first prize in the match

A- There; that B．It; that

C．There; whether D．It; whether

26. It sounds like something is wrong with the car’s engine. _____ we’d better take it to the garage immediately.

A．Otherwise B．If not C．But for all that D．If so

27．The gasoline_____．Let's fill the car up at the next gas station

A．is running out B．has run out C．is being run out D．has been run out

28．It was proposed by the board that our school _____ more top experiments

A．would introduced B．introduced

C. introduce D．be introducing

29．The Council of Europe produced an agreement on cybercrime in 2001, has been approved by many countries．

A- what B- that C．which D．when

30．Wait a second; My essay is almost done．I ___ for two hours'

A．have written it B．have been writing it

C- wrote it D．am writing it

31．As Mrs Roosevelt put __@@@．I'd rather light a candle than complain about the darkness

A- it B- that C．this D．them

32．Many people nowadays refer to themselves as chihuo- people who love to eat and are satisfied and excited when _____ delicious food．

A．tasted B．to taste C．Tasting D- having tasted

33．—Will you buy me a toy car．Mummy?

—OK．You _____ have one if you tidy your room as soon as possible．

A- might B．must C．could D．shall

34．The thief fell to the ground, his left foot _____ and blood ___ _ down from his mouth

A．breaking; running B．broken; running

C．breaking; run D．broken; run

35．He states that good qualities such as honesty and self-discipline make _____he is today

A．whom B．how C．what D．which

Section It （18 marks）

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D．Fill in the blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context．

A friend of mine was offered a position to teach in an institute of literature．That year he was only 28 years old．but had already published literary works of about 600,000 Chinese characters

Many students were filled with admiration for his _36_．Quite a few literature fans went to him for advice．Sir, would you share with us your secret for writing so successfully?"

He replied frankly, "Yes．Just one word— 37 ．"

“'Then, _J8_ passion do we need if we want to write as well as you do?" they pressed him

“One foot deep," answered my friend．

One-foot-deep passion? They felt _^9_．My friend took them home and fetched out a bundle of used writing paper from under his bed．all the sheets were filled with small and closely-written characters．Those were his 40 manuscripts（手稿）, a good foot in thickness．

"If you want to achieve something in writing, you must _41_ a passion that's one foot deep．In other words you should 42 writing until your rejected manuscripts accumulate to one foot thick．During．this period, you must not become impatient or sink into despair. Only with expectation and passion can you have 43 and hope for the future, he told his students．

Enlightened by his words the students came to realize that success in writing is not something 44 to get. On the contrary, it requires painstaking efforts．They looked enthusiastic and eager to have a try right away.

But my friend continued, "There is one thing you must bear in mind : The passion can 45 be one foot deep．If after practicing countless times and your writing still remains at the level of a high school student. you might as well try something else, or you’ll get into a blind alley. Any further attempt will just mean a (n) 46 of your time and talent．"

Indeed, whatever we do, we should do it with deep and persevering passion. However , if our effort has proved to be ___, we should quit as soon as possible and try something different we are young. Success may be at the corner just when we switch over to a new direction .

36．A．position B．achievement C．accumulation D．devotion

37．A．passion B．Patience C．perseverance D．effort

38．A．how much B．how deep C．how far D．how Ion,．

39．A．excited B．disappointed C．inspired D．confused

40．A．rejected B．unfinished C．awarded D．published

41．A．consider B． dismiss C． maintain D．seek

42．A．try on B．touch on C．decide on D．keep on

43．A．faith B．confidence C．desire D．guarantee

44．A．special B．easy C．useful D．available

45．A．never B．approximately C．only D．occasionally

46．A．honor B．aspect C．waste D．chance

47．A．endless B．careless C．．priceless D．fruitless

Section C (12 marks)

Directions：Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

As a young man, you have to work．Whether you handle a pen or a set of books, editing a paper or writing funny things, you must work．If you look around you will see the men who are the most able to live 48．_ rest of their days without work are the men who work the hardest．49 be afraid of killing yourself with overwork．It is beyond your power to do that before you are thirty They die sometimes, but it is 50． they quit work at six in the evening, and do not go home 51 two in the morning．It's the interval that kills．The work gives you an appetite 52． your meals ; it gives you a perfect and grateful appreciation of a holiday．

There are young men who do not work, 53． the world is not proud of them．Nobody likes them． the great, busy world doesn't know that they are there．So find out what you want to be and do, and take off your coat and make a dust in the world．The busier you are, the 54．___ harm you will be supposed to get into, the sweeter will be your sleep, the brighter and happier your holidays, and the better satisfied will the world be 55．you．

Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension （30 marks）

Directions: Read the/allowing 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．

A

The following are some famous beaches in America that you