潮州市潮安区宝山中学2016届高三第一次测试

英 语 2015-08-02

本试卷共三大题，满分120分。考试用时120分钟。

Ⅰ．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If you travel in some area in India, you’ll be lucky enough to be waited on by special guides-monkeys. 1 in waistcoats, these monkeys are always 2 to serve you. Hungry, you only need to point to your own 3 and they’ll lead you to the nearest restaurant. Thirsty, the monkeys will lead you to a bar. 4 , you put both of your hands behind your head and the monkeys will take you to the nearest 5 . Don’t feel 6 when they put out their hairy hands to you after the 7 is done. They are just 8 for a little money as a tip. After that, they 9 their hands as if they are saying goodbye to you.　

Believe it or not, the monkey guides are from the school for monkeys in India, 10 they were trained for one year to 11 their “diplomas”（文凭）. They are not the only monkey 12 in the world. Some are being 13 as nurses in an American medical college. These monkeys are about to look after 14 and help them with housework after 15 .　 156

1．A．Acted ???????????????????? B．Dressed?????????????? C．Offered?????????????? D．Put

2．A．afraid?????????????????? B．again?????????????? C．busy???????????????? D．ready

3．A．body????????????????? B．food??????????????? C．head??????????????? D．stomach

4．A．Angry???????????????????? B．Sorry?????????????? C．Thirsty?????????????? D．Tired

5．A．hotel???????????????? B．restaurant?????????????? C．school??????????????? D．shop

6．A．angry?????????????? B．doubtful???????????? C．puzzled???????????? D．surprised

7．A．service??????????????? B．lunch??????????????? C．visit???????? D．enjoyment

8．A．asking????????????? B．caring???????? C．looking????? D．waiting

9．A．close??????????????? B．show????????? ?? C．spread?????????????? D．wave

10．A．which????????????? B．that?????????????? C．where???????????????? D．when

11．A．accept???????????? B．buy?????????????? C．get????? D．win

12．A．visitors???????????? B．students?????????? C．teachers????????? D．guides

13．A．trained??????????? B．learned??????? C．studied???????????? D．taught

14．A．themselves?????????????? B．training??????????????? C．patients?? ? ?? D．magazines

15．A．class ?????? B．graduation ????? C．lesson ??????? D．teaching

第二节 语法填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为16--25的相应位置上。

A motto is a sentence or a phrase 16 can inspire us especially when we’re 17 (face) with difficulties. Many of us have our mottoes, such as “Where there is a will, there is a way.” or “Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.”, and so on. My motto is “God helps those who help 18 .” Sometimes I am lazy and don’t want to make efforts 19 (work) hard, 20 the moment I think of my motto , I will get energetic again and devote myself __ 21___ what I am doing. I write my motto 22 I can see it easily. Every time I fail in my exam and begin to lose heart, the sight of my motto inspires me with much 23 (confident). My motto also makes me become 24 independent person. That is to say, I won’t rely on others easily.

My friends, what is your motto? If you still haven’t got a motto, please choose 25 ,

because a motto can have a great effect on you. (149)

Ⅱ. 阅读 (共20题; 满分40分)

第一节 阅读理解 ( 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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Carl’s parents had started a small grocery store and had built it over the years into a major supermarket. Carl now worked there full time.

He liked working at his parent’s business; it was an honest business. He had been brought up to be honest, to tell the truth, and more — he knew that there was such a thing as truth. A year ago, his homeroom teacher had said in front of the whole class:

“There is no such thing as truth.”

Carl Savinski had stood up and said, “That would make your statement false.”

“Huh?”

“That would make your statement false,” Carl had repeated. “If there is no such thing as truth, then your statement is not true. To say that there is no such thing as truth is absurd(荒谬的)— you dumb piece of shit!”

Carl was expelled from school for two weeks. He didn’t go back. He joined his parent’s business instead.

In the past year he had learned that to be honest was not only the right thing to do but also the practical thing to do. He saw how his parents had built this business. He saw that they had made reasonable rules for the staff and employed them equally without favoritism. The staff liked working there and his parents had gained a competent work force that cared about the future of the company.

His parents had gained more customers by treating them honestly, by being fair, by giving them more value for their money. If produce was too old, they threw it out; they didn’t sell three-day old bread as fresh.

They stuck to terms with their suppliers: if payment was required in thirty days, they paid in thirty days. If a supplier accidentally shipped more than they were invoiced for, they paid for the extra; but if this happened too often, they changed suppliers. They built up honest relationships with their suppliers. And they gained: they were first to be offered a commodity in short supply, and first to receive a discount if a supplier was over stocked.

In the past year Carl Savinski saw with his own eyes, in his day-to-day job, that being honest paid. He saw that to be reasonable, to be honest, to tell the truth was practical — that one did not suffer a loss by being honest, but made a gain. 392

26. How long had Carl worked in his parents’ supermarket?

A. For half a year. B. For more than a year. C. For a year. D. For years.

27. What does the underlined word “expelled” in the seventh paragraph mean?

A. cut off B. driven off C. set off D. warned of

28. Why did the staff like working for Carl’s parents?

A. Because the staff were all equally paid without favoritism.

B. Because Carl’s parents made strict rules for their business.

C. Because the future of the company was really promising.

D. Because the regulations were effective and the staff were equally treated.

29. Which of the following can be seen as an honest operation of the company?

A. They gave more discounts by raising the price. B. Their butcher cut more fat off the meat.

C. Their contracts are occasionally not carried out. D. They changed suppliers for cheaper goods.

30. What does this story mainly tell us?

A. Being honest pays off. B. Being honest makes a loss.

C. Not all people believe in truth. D. People have a false belief in truth.

B

I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn’t care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?”

At that time I didn’t realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone! ” And she swept it into the wastebasket.

I stood watching her, speechless .What on earth?

She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room-if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!”

Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.

After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood（情绪）had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her anties helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly. 310

Why did the author shout at the telephone?

A．He was mad at the telephone. B．He was angry with his agent.

C．He was anxious about his wife. D．He was impatient with the secretary.

32. What did the author’s wife do after she heard his shouting?

A．She said nothing. B．She shouted at him.

C．She called the agent. D．She threw the phone away.

33. What made the author laugh?

A．His own behavior. B．His wife’s suggestion.

C．His changeable feelings. D．His wife’s sweet kiss.

34. What does the underlined word “anties” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Smart words. B．Unusual actions. C．Surprising Looks. D．Anxious feelings.

35. From the passage we can conclude that the writer is most probably ______

A. a manager B. an actor C. a doctor D. a professor

C

We all know that everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but men's minds decline more than women's, according to the results of a worldwide survey.

General differences seem to be inherent in male and female brains: Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images (useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial skills), while women tend to excel at(擅长于) recalling information from their brain's files. Many studies have looked for a connection between sex and the amount of mental decline (衰退) people experience as they age, but the results have been mixed.

Some studies found more age-related decline in men than in women, while others saw the opposite or even no relationship at all between sex and mental decline.

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