1、1永安三中 2018-2019 学年上学期 10 月月考高三英语试卷(总分 150 分,时间:120 分钟)第卷(选择题 共 115 分)第一部分 听力(共两节,满分 30 分)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。1How did the woman know John failed the exam?AFrom his expressionBFrom his paper
2、 CFrom the woman2Where does the conversation probably take place?AAt a shop BAt a cinema CAt a restaurant3What will the speakers do?AGo to Manila BInvite Mr Quizon CGet familiar with their company4Who is the woman?AA new worker BA regular customer CA shop manager5What does the man mean?AHe will go t
3、o town BHe misses his parents CHe has moved house第 2 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、7 题。6What happened to the boy at the basketball match?AHe injured his legBHe
4、 quit the match halfwayCHe failed to score the key ball27What was the boy disappointed at?AThe result of the matchBHis performance in the matchCHis teammatesbehavior after the match听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。8What are the speakers doing?APlaying chess BLooking at pictures CMaking weekend plans9What do we kn
5、ow about the woman?AShe cooked the man some dishesBShe expresses an interest in cookingCShe concentrates when playing chess听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。10What are the speakers talking about?AA hobby BA job CA plan11What did the man think of learning to make videos?ADiffcult BEnjoyable CBoring12What does t
6、he man plan to do in the future?AWrite stories BStop making videos CEnter the music industry听第 9 段材料,回答第 1 3 至 l 6 题。13Where will the man go first?ATo a hall BTo a classroom CTo a meeting room14What will the Director of the Studies talk about?AStudent dormitories BDifferent courses CSocial activitie
7、s15How long will the man stay in the hall?AOne hour and fifteen minutesBOne and a half hoursCOne hour and forty-five minutes316How does the man feel about the test?AGlad BSurprised CConfident听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17How long is the lecture about ants?A30 minutes B45 minutes C60 minutes1 8Where will
8、 the film The Great Migration show?AIn Theater A BIn Theater B CIn Theater C1 9Who will host the event Encouraging Garden Wildlife?ADavid Crocker BMonica Chaddha CThe speaker20What can the listeners do at 2:30 pm?AVisit the Exhibition Room BAttend a lecture CSee a film第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分 40 分)第一节(共 15
9、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、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。AYou can find hundreds of free comedy movies online, saving you money, as well as the trouble of going out to rent a DVD or visit a movie theater. Hulus Free Comedy MoviesHulu has the best selection of free comedy movies that you can watch online r
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17、the rest?A. Dozens of free classic comedies. B. A large selection of silent films.5C. Rather fine video quality. D. The best selection of movies.BHoney(蜂蜜)from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the on
18、ly way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees nest(巢)and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper 一 a little bird called a honey
19、guide.The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax (蜂蜡) in the beehives (蜂房 ). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the a
20、ttention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird pati
21、ently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a lon
22、g distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.25. Why is it difficult to find a wild bees nest?A. Its small in size. B. Its hidden in trees.C. Its covered with wax. D. Its hard to reco
23、gnize.26. What do the words “the follower“ in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. A bee. B. A bird. C. A honey seeker. D. A beekeeper.627. The honey guide is special in the way_.A. it gets its food B. it goes to church C. it sings in the forest D. it reaches into bees nests28. What can be the best title for the
24、 text?A. Wild Bees B. Wax and Honey C. Beekeeping in Africa D. Honey-Lovers HelperCJohn H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas city in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks. Fortunate
25、ly he had a strong-willed(意志坚强的)caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe. ”She told him not to depend on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success, ”she said. “All the people who work hard do
26、nt succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard. ”These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work didnt mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15,
27、 to Chicago. Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. Johns mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of wordsas an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to
28、 publish a magazine for blacks. While others discouraged him, Johns mother offered him more words to live by. “Nothing beats a failure but a try. ”She also let him pawn(典当)her furniture to get the $ 500 he needed to start the Negro magazine. It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John
29、 closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mothers words in mind. “Son, 7failure is not in your vocabulary! ”Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in Americaworth $ 150 million. 29. Johns mother decided to move to Chicago because . A. his father died when John was v
30、ery youngB. life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometownC. John needed more education badlyD. there were no schools for Negroes in their hometown30. The underlined sentence “Nothing beats a failure but a try” means . A. if you try, you would succeedB. a failure is difficult to beat, even
31、if you tryC. a try is always followed by a failureD. no failure can be beaten unless you try31. The story mainly tells us . A. how John H. Johnson became successfulB. about the mental(心理的)support Johns mother gave himC. about the importance of a good educationD. about the key to success for blacksDT
32、he Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Naurus heartbreaking story could have one good consequence other countries might learn from its mistakes. For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived the remote island of Nauru, far from wester
33、n civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island. However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began
34、to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced 8the population from 1,400 to 900. Naurus real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the
35、 island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate. A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then
36、 it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon. In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate. U
37、nfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had not
38、hing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen. 32. What might be the authors purpose in writing the text?A. To seek help for Naurus problems. B. To give a warning to
39、other countriesC. To show the importance of money D. To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.33. What was Nauru like before the Europeans came?A. Rich and powerful B. Modern and open C. Peaceful and attractive D. Greedy and aggressive34. The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _. A. soil pollu
40、tion B. phosphate overmining C. farming activity D. whale hunting 35. What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph?9A. The ecological damage is difficult to repair.B. The leaders will take the experts words seriously. C. The island was abandoned by the Nauruans D. The phosphate mines were d
41、estroyed 第二节(共 5 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 10 分)根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。For most parents and other caregivers, summer is by far the best season to connect kids with nature. The weathers nice, and the youngsters are out of school. 36 So dont miss the opportunity to schedule some outdoor time.
42、Here are a few tips to help you along the way:Nature is all around us. 37 For small kids, theres likely plenty in the backyard, courtyard, or schoolyard. National parks are great, but kids foster a deep connection with nature close to home!38 Dont worry too much about what to do once you arrive at y
43、our nature-rich destination. What kids really need is free time to engage all their senses and use their imaginations.You can learn too. What counts is simply to get out there, show that you value the outdoors, and be ready to have fun. 39 In fact, it is not necessary for you to know anything at all
44、 about science or nature. And remember, questions are more powerful than answers anyway!Sit back and watch your kids learn. Dont be too much of a helicopter parent, always saying “no”. Instead, try to spare more time to stay with your kids when necessary.40 And let kids take some risks. Most of us c
45、limbed trees, played with sticks, and got muddy as kids and we lived to tell the story. The nature connection is a contact sport, and both kids and nature can take it!No matter the weather or time of day you can have an adventure together with your kids. Alright, get those kids outside, into nature,
46、 making their own discoveries!10A. Allow your kids to be kids.B. Its okay not to have a plan.C. Pay close attention to your kids.D. Parents often take time off as well.E. You dont need to be an expert on nature.F. You typically dont have to go far to find nature.G. Sometimes it is necessary to turn
47、to experts for advice.第三部分 语言知识运用(共两节,满分 45 分)第一节(共 20 小题,每小题 1.5 分,满分 30 分)On a cold December morning, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and equipped 41 the video we had been dying to watch. I was feeling a little 42 , as I was carrying our shopping, bags
48、of snacks and the video. They were so heavy that I decided to 43 some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can when I 44 a poor man walking his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He held a paper bag with his dirty hand. He 45 over to another nearby garbage can and started 46 it.
49、I suddenly felt very 47 . I knew this man would take all he could get, 48 I walked up to him and 49 the drink and some snacks over to him. The man, with lines on his face and wrinkles on his forehead, looked up in 50 and took what I gave him. A huge smile 51 across his face and this caused me to feel indescribable 52 . I felt like I couldnt be 53 with myself, bu