临川一中高三年级2015年3月份月考

英语试卷

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（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。

What does the man mean?

Alice will not come on time.

The woman is too anxious.

He is eager to see Alice.

What is the man’s favorite food?

Fish. B. Pork. C. Beef.

How did Nancy first react to being offered chocolate?

Surprised. B. Disappointed. C. Happy.

How is the woman going to the airport?

A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. By train.

5. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman has bought a present for Jim’s birthday.

B. The man has bought a present for Jim’s birthday.

C. Neither of the speakers has bought a present for Jim’s birthday.

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、7题。

6. How did the woman send her parcel?

A. By express mail. B. By airmail. C. By surface mail.

7. How much did the woman pay finally?

A. $12. B. $13. C. $5.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. When will the speakers go on a trip?

A. On Saturday. B. On September 10th. C. On October 26th.

9. Where do the speakers decide to go finally?

A. To the park. B. To the mountains. C. To the suburbs.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why do the woman’s shoes look shabby?

A. Because they are red. B. Because they are worn out. C. Because they are out of style.

11. How many pairs of shoes did the woman buy at last?

A. One pair. B. Two pairs. C. Three pairs.

12. Which shoes will the woman wear when she goes home?

A. The old ones. B. The red ones. C. Three brown ones.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What kind of apartment is the woman looking for?

A. A two-storey house. B. A three-storey house. C. A three-bedroom apartment.

14. What should the woman do when something gets broken?

A. Tell her husband. B. Ask the manager for help. C. Mend it herself.

15. What does the man say about the utilities?

A. Gas is included in the rent.

B. The water price is rather high.

C. Electricity is free of charge.

16. How does the woman think about the apartment?

A. She is satisfied with it. B. She feels it’s too small. C. She thinks the rent is unacceptable.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What can we know about mushrooms according to the speaker?

A. Europeans will go out to look for them in winter.

B. They can be made into soups.

C. They must be eaten after being cooked.

18. Why do farmers go out with dogs?

A. To walk the dogs. B. To prevent losing the way. C. To help find truffles(块菌).

19. What colors may truffles be?

A. Black, light brown or white.

B. Red, black or white.

C. Red, light brown or white.

20. What does the speaker say about blackberries?

A. They can be made into jams.

B. They grow in the woods or forests.

C. They are black, big and sweet.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15分，每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题给出的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I have been driving for over 30 years, but I can still remember what happened that day when I drove a car for the first time. My mom had driven our big Plymouth to a narrow and deserted back road and parked it. The road was only one lane and had a wall built with river rocks along the side of it, but Mom knew there was little chance of meeting any traffic on it that day. With a smile, she gave me the key and switched seats with me. And then she told me to start the car, to put it into drive and to gently push on the gas pedal. In my excitement, though, I miscalculated what gently meant. After I pushed on the gas pedal, the car sped forward. Before I could turn the wheel, I heard the scraping of metal against the stone wall. I stopped the car and looked over at my Mom. Her face was pale and her hands were trembling. Slowly, she opened her door and started checking the car. Then she walked quietly around the car to the driver’s side door. I kept waiting for her to shout at me but she just sighed and said, “Well, that’s enough for today. We’ll try again tomorrow.”

As I look back on that day, I am amazed at the amount of kindness, love and patience my Mom showed me. In the years that followed, I messed up many times in many ways. Often I didn’t feel worthy to be forgiven, but each time I could feel Mom’s gentle voice, “We’ll try again tomorrow.” When we fall today, don’t stay down. Rise up and be ready to try again tomorrow.

21. What does the underlined sentence mean?

A. I don’t know what gently mean.

B. My mother is not a gentle woman.

C. I step on the gas pedal too hard.

D. The gas pedal is too tight to push on.

22. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. I drove the car all the time that day.

B. I practiced driving on a small road beside a river.

C. My mother was calm when the accident happened.

D. We had to pay for the repairing because our car was not insured.

23. What did the author feel for his mother?

A. patient B. awesome C. respectful D. grateful

B

India’s state schools are in sharp contrast to the country’s goals of becoming a nation of call centers and technology parks. The fifth- grade boys and girls at school in Sultanpur--- a village about 40 km from the Indian capital. New Delhi --- were laboring over their lessons on a Friday morning. Eleven-year-old Kiran alternated between chewing her pencil and copying the English text which was the morning’s task. She wrote down the sentences, arduously capitalizing the first letter of every word. The children have not yet grasped the basics of English grammar, the teacher explains. “ I cannot read English very well,” said Kiran, keeping her eyes firmly fixed on the ground.

As a new World Bank study has found, there’s a literacy problem in Indian schools, and not just in English. A third of all grade-three students can’t read at all in their native language. Around half of all grade-five students cannot manage a grade-two text, which is also too difficult for a quarter of all seventh-grade pupils.

This decline in standards, experts say, is because of the rush to build school and bring back children to the education fold. India managed to bring down the number of out-of-school children from 32 million in 2001 to 1.4million in 2011 as part of a program to make elementary education universal. Yet, little attention has been paid to what children are learning in classrooms or how well they learn. “The average Indian adult cannot yet write business letters in English or speak spontaneously at a business meeting in English,” Minh N. Tran, director of research and academic partnerships at Education First, tells TIME.

New Delhi has raised government spending on education from 3.3% of GDP in 2004-05 to 4% in 2011-12. But facilities remain woeful. In Indian state schools, children have to sit on the floor until they reach grade six.

24. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Many boys and girls are laboring in the field in the morning.

B. India is a country strong in call centers and technology parks.

C. Kiran had difficulty in reading English.

D. The teacher showed disappointment to the performance of the children.

25. According to the study of World Bank, _________.

A. Indian students have literacy problem in English.

B. Indian students have no literacy problem in their mother tongue.

C. Indian students have a gift for language learning.

D. Indian students are facing many challenges of finance.

26. What is the reason for the quality decline of the education in India?

A. Parents pay little attention to the education.

B. Government fails to provide enough schools and teachers.

C. Students are lazier than before.

D. Government aims at having more schools and students, ignorant of the quality.

27. What is the author’s attitude to the situation?

A. optimistic B. worried C. indifferent D. disappointed

C

Stereotypes(模式化的见解) about Scotland are different, although few refer to the great artists, philosophers and scientists the nation has produced over the centuries of its proud history. Cliches(陈词滥调) about Scots tend to involve kilts（短裙）, ruddy complexions and whisky. But are they true? Here is an informal look at five common cliches about Scots.

Mean Scots?

The idea of a Scot enjoying a drink but being reluctant to pay for it is a persistent stereotype.

"Originally it reflected Scots' poverty and then became complimentary, focusing on the fact that Scots are very good at money, good at business," said Murray Pittock.

Many studies have shown the penny-pinching reputation is way off, including a poll from last year that found Scots on average give ￡365 pounds a year to charity compared to ￡268 pounds for wealthier Londoners.

Kilt-wearing?

It used to be. A type of woolen multi-colored cloth, kilts were the traditional clothes for men and they are one of the most popular symbols of Scotland.

Kilts are rooted in history and are associated with patriotism(爱国主义) as they were banned following the Jacobite uprising in the 18th century and only re-introduced in the army.

"Obviously, most Scots don't wear kilts every day," Pittock said, adding: "Kilts, bagpipes(风笛), tartan（格子呢） are all rather kitsch interpretations of Scotland but people are embracing them, saying at least it is a visible brand".

Patriotic Scots?

A recent study found that 69 percent of Scots feel "Scottish first" and 20 percent feel "British first". In comparison, the number of English people who feel "English first" is just 43 percent.

"As a small country, a very marginal(边缘的) place in the European world geographically, Scotland has always had some strong form of patriotism," Pittock said.

Some of the patriotism is associated with anti-Englishness. Frankie Boyle, said, "In Scotland we have mixed feelings about global warming, because we will get to sit on the mountains and watch the English drown."

28. What is the underlined phrase “way off” mean?

A. wrong B. exact C. world-spread D. unknown

29. What can we learn from the last three parag