海南中学2015届高三5月月考

英 语 试 题

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。每段对话后有一道小题，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. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?

A. Shop assistant and customer.

B. Neighbors.

C. Doctor and patient.

2. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Go to the doctor’s.

B. Stop taking the medicine.

C. Take the medicine as directed.

3. How long is the mall open on Saturdays?

A. For 8 hours. B. For 5 hours. C. For 3 hours.

4. Why won’t the woman go to play volleyball?

A. Because she will take her sister to buy some books.

B. Because she will treat her sister to dinner.

C. Because she doesn’t have confidence to beat the man.

5. What do we know about the woman?

A. She doesn’t like novels.

B. She prefers novels to TV programs.

C. She wants to recommend some novels to the man.

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至第7两个小题。

6. What does the woman think of the series of Huanzhu Gege?

A. It is a waste of time.

B. It is suitable for her taste.

C. It is so-so.

7. What type of programs does the man like?

A. TV series. B.Various TV programs. C. Talk shows.

听第7段材料，回答第8至第9两个小题。

8. How often does the woman have English lessons?

A. Once a week. B. Every day. C. Twice a week.

9. How does the woman practice speaking English?

A. By communicating with some native speakers of English.

B. By communicating with some Chinese friends.

C. By communicating with her English teachers.

听第8段材料，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Where does the dialogue happen?

A. On the bus. B. In a plane. C. On a train.

11. Where is the destination of the man?

A. Greenwich Village. B. Park Avenue. C. Washington Square Park.

12. What can we know according to the dialogue?

A. The man is taking the Number l.

B. The woman will tell where the man should get off.

C. The man will watch the right place to get off by himself.

听第9段材料，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. How long should Kate’s papers be handed in?

A. Two weeks later. B. One week later. C. Two days later.

14. Why didn’t Kate finish her papers?

A. Because she went to travel for two weeks.

B. Because she was busy with her part-time job.

C. Because she had too much work to do at home.

15. What can we know according to the dialogue?

A. Kate is a lazy girl.

B. Jason wants to work together with Kate.

C. Jason wants to earn more money.

16. What did Kate advise Jason to do?

A. To ask his advisor for some suggestions.

B. To quit his mind of taking a part-time job.

C. To give up his job immediately.

听第10段材料，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. Why aren’t more people willing to talk about work?

A. Because people become lazier than before.

B. Because their salaries are lower than others’.

C. Because they think working stress is too big.

18. What kind of job is not mentioned in the passage as an occupation?

A. Engineer. B. Manager. C. Cleaner.

19. What attitude should we take towards ordinary work?

A. Indifferent. B. Respectful. C. Critical.

20. What will happen if there were no street cleaners？

A. Some diseases will be spread.

B. Some more crimes will appear.

C. People will live a poorer city.

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

It was a cold morning at a metro station in Washington DC, a man started to play the violin. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the tin without stopping, and continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3-year-old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

?No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment.

The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we enjoy beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected situation?

?One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?”

21. Few people stopped to listen to Joshua Bell playing because____________.

A. it was too cold in the subway B. they were not interested in music

C. people were in a hurry D. the performance was not good enough

22. Which of the following is true about Joshua Bell’s performance?

A. Nobody gave him money B. Nobody recognized him.

C. Nobody appreciated it D. Nobody organized it

23. Joshua Bell played in the metro station in order to ____________.

A. make more money on the street

B. practice his skills in playing music

C. made an advertisement for his concert

D. find out people’s reaction under such a circumstance

24. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?.

A. The Importance of Music B. A Talented Violinist

C. A Subway Violin Performance D. The Things We Miss

B

The English test will be removed from China’s college entrance exam by 2020, according to the Ministry of Education. The national college entrance exam, known as the “Gaokao” has been used to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. The Ministry of Education has worked out a plan for reforming exams and enrollment. Tests will be held several times a year to allow students to choose when and how often they sit the exam so as to reduce study pressure and change China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system.

The decision has aroused a heated discussion among Shanghai educators and parents who doubted the reform would reduce the burden of learning English or if the substitute test could reflect a student’s English skills and help students learn English better. Cai Jigang, a professor from Fudan University said, “The reform shows China is to give students more test-taking chances. But more chances might become more of a burden since Chinese students are likely to repeat the test until they get the highest score.”

“In my opinion, the reform doesn’t mean English is no longer important for Chinese students after it will be excluded from the unified college entrance exam,” said Yu Lizhong, chancellor of New York University Shanghai, “In a way, English is even more important than before since the test would only serve as reference, while every college and university, even every major, can have different requirements of a student’s English skills under a diverse evaluation system.”

Yu said some students will have their study pressure reduced if the major they choose doesn’t need excellent English while others still need to study hard if they want to be among the best students.

The education ministry said the reform would not affect students attending the college entrance exam over the next three years. But parents with younger children are concerned. Zhang Hui, the mother of a fourth-grade girl at Pudong Zhuyuan Primary School, said English was her daughter’s strength, so canceling the English test would not favor her child.

25. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. English will become less and less important in the stage of compulsory education.

B. It has been 30 years since English became one subject of Chinese “Gaokao”.

C. China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system is unacceptable at all.

D. The system that tests are held several times does more good than once-in-a-lifetime

26. According to the passage, some Shanghai educators and parents argue that _____.

A. the new exam and admission system will make no difference

B. English shouldn’t be removed from China’s college entrance exam

C. the reform may accomplish the very opposite

D. Western educational system does not apply to China

27. According to Yu Lizhong, _______________.

A. Students needn’t lay a good foundation during the period of high school.

B. Whether students should study English hard may depend on their major.

C. Students can constantly strive for perfection only in their major.

D. English must be close to full mark.

28. What’s the purpose of writing the passage?

A. To advise students not to devote themselves to learning English.

B. To call on Education Department to remove English from “Gaokao”.

C. To support Education Department’s act of removing English from “Gaokao”

D. To report people’s opinions on English being removed from “Gaokao”

C

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