常德市第一中学2015届高三第七次月考英语试题

PARTⅠ LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30)

SECTION A (1.5×15=22.5)

Direction: In this section you’ll hear 6 conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation One [来源:学优高考网gkstk]

1. What is the boy wearing?

A. A new style of jeans B. Shoes that are not tied. C. A special kind of tie.

2. How old is the boy?

A. He’s in middle school. B. He’s in high school. C. He’s in college.

Conversation Two

3. What is the man’s job?[来源:学优高考网]

A. A soldier. B. A police captain. C. A professional athlete.

4. Who is Christina?

A. The woman. B. The man’s mother. C. The man’s daughter.

Conversation Three

5. Where does the jacket come from?

A. An online shop. B. A little store in Pairs. C. The woman made it herself.

6. What will the man do?

A. Get some information online.

B. Order some flowers for Mother’s Day.

C. Find his wife another present.

Conversation Four

7. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A new city library.

B. Their math homework.

C. Their college library.

8. What did the speakers usually do in the library before?

A. Read novels. B. Read magazines. C. Did their homework.

9. Why does the man probably want to have coffee?

A. He is tired.

B. He misses the old days.

C. He wants to meet the math professor there.

Conversation Five

10. What is the man asking the woman to do?

A. Visit Florida. B. Move to New York. C. Move to Florida.

11. What is the woman mainly worried about?

A. The heat. B. Too many insects. C. Falling into the ground.

12. Where did the woman hear about the holes?

A. From a newspaper.

B. From her daughters.

C. From her other grandchildren.

Conversation Six

13. What does the woman want?

A. A less complicated life. [来源:gkstk.Com]

B. More crazy things in life.

C. A more comfortable car.

14. What does the man say about fisherwomen?

A. They dress up sometimes.

B. They wear ugly shoes.

C. They don’t wear fancy shoes.

15. According to the man, what does the woman like to do?

A. Eat simple food. B. Go to concerts. C. Stay on the beach.

SECTION B (1.5×5=7.5)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN

THREE WORDS. You will hear the short passage TWICE.

Lionel Messi

Nationality

Argentina



Early experiences

Started playing soccer at the age of _____16_______;

Had a sickness that would prevent him from _____17_______;

The Barcelona club in Spain offered to accept Messi and pay for the _____18_______



Achievements

He has surprised the world with his incredible _____19_______;

He earned his place among _____20_______ players ever.





PART Ⅱ LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE (45 marks)

SECTION A (15 marks)

21. Never before in our country _______________.

A. has such a thing happened B. such a thing has happened

C. has so a thing happened D. so a thing has happened

22. By the time he gets home, his father _____________ for Pairs on business.

A. has left B. will have left C. had left D. will leave

23. I’d appreciate _______ if you could let me know in advance whether or not you will come.

A. it B. you C. one D. this

24. After a pleasant summer vacation, the family came back from Beidaihe, _______.

A. freshly and energetically B. being fresh and energetic

C. fresh and energetic D. to be fresh and energetic

25. Look! How much _______ Alice looks wearing her new show dress!

A. well B. good C. better D. best

26. Barry must have visited the Eiffel Tower before, _______ he?

A. mustn’t B. hadn’t C. hasn’t D. needn’t

27.________ seems to have been great difficulty in turning out excellent graduates.

A. That B. What C. It D. There

28. Don’t let any failure discourage you, for you can never tell _______ close you may be to victory.

A. how B. that C. which D. where

29. Fang Fang is such a kind girl _______ everyone likes very much.

A. like B. which C. as D. that

30. _______ I could express my thanks to the traveler, he had already disappeared in the rain.

A. Before B. When C. Until D. While

31. It’s useless envying others their success. It’s time you _______ hard.

A. must work B. must work C. work D. worked

32. _______ the meeting himself gave them a great deal of encouragement.

A. The president will attend B. The president to attend

C. The president attended D. The president’s attending

33. We were invited to his birthday party. If she doesn’t go today, _______.

A. nor do I B. neither do I C. neither shall I D. nor I shall

34. Tom does speak Chinese well, but his reading and writing skills leave much _______.

A. to improve B. to be improved C. improving D. improved

35. ---Daddy, I want to watch my favorite program I AM a Singer tonight.

---_________ You must finish your homework.

A. Go ahead. B. That’s great. C. Forget it. D. Why not?

SECTION B (18 marks)

Directions: Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Attracted by the great music, many of the passers-by 36 their paces and put some money into his hat.[来源:学优高考网gkstk]

The next day, the artist came again. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. Then he 37 the violin and began playing. On the paper it said, “Last night a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to 38 it soon.”

It caused a great excitement among the 39 and people wondered what it could be. After about half an hour, a middle-aged man hurriedly ran there. “Yes, it’s you. You did come here. I knew that you’re an honest man and would certainly come here.”

The young violinist asked 40 , “Are you Mr. George Sang?” The man nodded. “Did you lose something?” “It’s lottery,” said the man. The violinist took out a lottery ticket on which George Sang’s name was seen. “Is it?” he asked. George nodded promptly and 41 the lottery ticket and kissed it.

The story turned out to be this: George Sang bought a lottery ticket. The awards opened yesterday and he won a 42 of $500,000. He was so happy, but when he took out 50 dollars to put in the hat, the lottery ticket was also thrown in. The violinist was a student at an Art College and has planned to attend 43 studies in Vienna, He has booked the ticket and would fly that morning. However he cancelled the 44 and came back to wait.

Later someone asked the violinist, “At that time you were in need to pay the 45 fee and you had to play the violin every day to make the money. Then why didn’t you 46 the lottery for yourself?” The violinist said, “Although I don’t have much money, I live happily; but if I lose honesty I won’t be happy forever.”

Through our lives, we can gain a lot and lose so much, but being 47 should always be with us.

36．A．sped up B．fastened up C．slowed down D．kept up with

37．A．adjusted B．adopted C．performed D．regulated

38．A．ask B．claim C．declare D．announce

39．A．circumstance B．environment C．surroundings D．crowd

40．A．calmly B．angrily C．carelessly D．indifferently

41．A．scratched B．tore C．seized D．caught

42．A．reward B．prize C．praise D．salary

43．A．interested B．skilled C．developed D．advanced

44．A．flight B．trip C．train D．study

45．A．show B．rent C．tuition D．travel

46．A．leave B．hold C．bring D．keep

47．A．warm-hearted B．honest C．honored D．kind-hearted

SECTION C (12 marks)

Directions: Complete the following passage by using one word that best fits the context.

China has ordered a ban on advertisements during television drama programs. An ad will not be allowed to run in the middle of a program running 45 minutes in length, beginning on January 1st. The authorities say ____48____ ban is important for the growth of culture. Television stations say this will cause ____49____ a loss in revenue（收入）. Most audience feel glad ____50____finally such a policy has been carried out. ____51____some still doubt whether this is an effective policy or not. Simply banning TV stations from broadcasting inserted advertisements is no use. Even if SARFT completely banned domestic TV stations from broadcasting advertisements, they could still implant advertisements into TV shows. Why can China not learn some lessons from western TV channels such ____52____ NHK and BBC? They are public channels ____53____any advertisements. But they charge their viewers. In China, TV viewers only need to pay cable Television fees, ____54____ is rather low. And TV stations make profits through broadcasting advertisements. If we can learn some lesson from western countries, ____55____will be rather helpful to the final solution of the conflict between audience and TV stations.

PART Ⅲ READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)

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

A

Every human being has a unique arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement is unchangeable. Scientists and experts have proved the uniqueness of finger-prints and discovered that no exactly similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody knows why this is