1、- 1 -山西省太原市第五中学 2019 届高三英语上学期 10 月月考试题（含解析）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。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. 音频 What will James do tomorrow?A. Watch a TV program. B. Give a talk
2、. C. Write a report.【答案】B【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。2. 音频 What can we say about the woman?A. Shes generous. B. Shes curious. C. Shes helpful.【答案】C【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。3. 音频 When does the train leave?A. At 6:30. B. At 8:30. C. At 10:30.【答案】C【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。4. 音频 How does the woman go to work?A. By car. B. O
3、n foot. C. By bike.【答案】B【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。- 2 -5. 音频 What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Doctor and patient.【答案】A【解析】【详解】此题为听力题，解析略。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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题
4、，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。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频6. What does the woman regret?A. Giving up her research.B. Dropping out of college.C. Changing her major.7. What is the woman interested in studying now?A. Ecology. B. Education. C. Chemistry.【答案】6. B 7. A【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。【6 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。
5、【7 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频8. What is the man?A. A hotel manager. B. A tour guide. C. A taxi driver.9. What is the man doing for the woman?A. Looking for some local foods.B. Showing her around the seaside.C. Offering information about a hotel.- 3 -【答案】8. B 9. C【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。【8 题详解】此题为听力题
6、，解析略。【9 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频10. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In an office. B. At home. C. At a restaurant.11. What will the speakers do tomorrow evening?A. Go to a concert. B. Visit a friend. C. Work extra hours.12. Who is Alice going to call?A. Mike. B. Joan. C.
7、 Catherine.【答案】10. C 11. A 12. B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。【10 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。【11 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。【12 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频13. Why does the woman meet the man?A. To look at an apartment.B. To deliver some furniture.C. To have a meal together.14. What does the woman like about the carpet?A. Its colo
8、r. B. Its design. C. Its quality.- 4 -15. What does the man say about the kitchen?A. Its a good size. B. Its newly painted. C. Its adequately equipped.16. What will the woman probably do next?A. Go downtown. B. Talk with her friend. C. Make payment.【答案】13. A 14. A 15. C 16. B【解析】此题为听力题，解析略。【13 题详解】此
9、题为听力题，解析略。【14 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。【15 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。【16 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 音频17. Who is the speaker probably talking to?A. Movie fans. B. News reporters. C. College students.18. When did the speaker take English classes?A. Before he left his hometown.B. After he came to America.C. When he wa
10、s 15 years old.19. How does the speaker feel about his teacher?A. Hes proud. B. Hes sympathetic. C. Hes grateful.20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. How education shaped his life.B. How his language skills improved.C. How he managed his business well.【答案】17. C 18. B 19. C 20. A- 5 -【解析】此题
11、为听力题，解析略。【17 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。【18 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。【19 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。【20 题详解】此题为听力题，解析略。第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 60 分)第一节(共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A- 6 -21. Where would you probably see these three commercials?A. On a website. B. In a department store.C. In a magazine. D. In
12、 a convenience store.22. What do these three products have in common?A. They are all available only at Best Buy.B. They are all black in color.C. They can all be used to deal with pet hair.- 7 -D. They can all be operated via a smartphone app.23. If you decide to buy a Bagless Cordless Hand Vac next
13、 week, how much money will it cost you?A. $99. B. $48. C. $65. D. $41.6.【答案】21. A 22. C 23. C【解析】这是三则广告。文章介绍了三款吸尘器的广告。【21 题详解】推理判断题。这三则广告结尾都有一个 add to cart（添加购物车） ，所以判断出你在网站上可以看到这三则广告，故选 A。【22 题详解】细节理解题。从第一则广告中第一个句子，第二则广告第一个句子和第三则广告第一个句子，可知这三个产品的共同之处是它们都能够用来处理宠物的毛，故选 C。【23 题详解】计算题。答案定位在第二则广告的价格部分，52
14、 / （1-20%）= 65，故选 C。BWilliam Cary said he has learned to appreciate small victories with his 17-year-old son Ben, who has autism and doesnt speak, so he choked up while describing how proud he was when Ben buttoned his pants for the very first time after going to the bathroom. But one victory that B
15、en achieved long ago was surfing. Since the age of six, he has been participating in Surfers Healing surf camps for children with autism.The annual event returned recently to Tourmaline Surf Park in California. More than 150 children took turns riding the waves with 15 professional surfers as well a
16、s a small group of volunteers. Ben could hardly wait to get in the water with surfer Graham. Within minutes of hitting the sand, Ben mounted a long board (冲浪板) and Graham gently pushed him out into the thigh-high surf. Graham, who has an 11-year-old son with autism, said hes seen firsthand how child
17、ren immediately transform when theyre rolling in the ocean waves.Surfers Healing was started 20 years ago by surfer Izzy Paskowitz and his - 8 -wife, Danielle. One day while in Hawaii, their son Isaiah had a meltdown (情绪失控) on the beach and Izzy tried to distract the boy by tossing him into the wave
18、s. Suddenly, the boys anger was replaced by smiles and wonder, and Surfers Healing was born. Each year, the foundation hosts 25 camps around the world serving more than 5,000 autistic children, ranging in age from 3 to 25. About half of the group participating recently was new to the sport.Paskowitz
19、 said the ocean has a healing power on people with autism. The rhythm of the waves calms them, and the sounds, sights, textures and temperatures create such a sensory overload (负荷) that it forces the mind to focus. Many of the children arriving at the beach initially covered their ears from the cras
20、h of the waves, but gradually these sensitivities disappeared. One teen camper who traveled with her mom from Arizona wouldnt get out of the car for more than an hour. Finally, she was coaxed (哄骗) to take a brief ten-minute ride in the knee-high waves on a body board. As she returned to shore, a vol
21、unteer awarded her a small trophy for participation.24. What was most probably the reason why Cary choked up?A. He was proud that his son was a good surfer.B. He achieved a small victory.C. He took pride in his autistic son learning to take care of himself.D. He was too surprised to see his autistic
22、 son button his own pants.25. Which of the following statements is true?A. Ben has suffered from autism since he was six.B. Around 150 people took part in the recent surfing event in Tourmaline Surf Park.C. Autistic people usually range in age from 3 to 25.D. Surfing is so stimulating to our senses
23、that it forces autistic children to focus.26. How did Surfers Healing come into being?A. It was initiated 20 years ago by a foundation.B. A boy went crazy on the beach of Hawaii two decades ago.- 9 -C. Surfer Izzy Paskowitz and his wife realized the healing effects of surfing 20 years ago.D. Surfer
24、Izzy Paskowitzs son was cured of autism by surfing two decades ago.27. What is the best title for the passage?A. From Chaos to Peace B. Surfing Washes Away Autism SymptomsC. The Surfers Club D. Transforming Powers of Surfing【答案】24. C 25. D 26. C 27. B【解析】【分析】这是一篇夹叙夹议的阅读。文章主要介绍了冲浪刺激我们的感觉，强迫自闭症孩子注意，从而
25、达到治疗效果。【24 题详解】推理判断题。答案定位在第一段 so he choked up while describing how proud he was when Ben buttoned his pants for the very first time after going to the bathroom.可知当 Cary 的儿子第一次扣上自己裤子的扣子时，Cary 哽咽着说不出话，由此推断出 Cary哽咽着说不出话是因为他自闭症的儿子学会了照顾自己，他非常自豪，故选 C。【25 题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在最后一段 The rhythm of the waves calms t
26、hem, and the sounds, sights, textures and temperatures create such a sensory overload (负荷) that it forces the mind to focus.可知冲浪刺激我们的感觉，强迫自闭症孩子注意，故选 D。【26 题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在倒数第二段 Surfers Healing was started 20 years ago by surfer Izzy Paskowitz and his wife, Danielle.可知二十年以前，Surfer Izzy Paskowitz 和他的妻子
27、意识到治疗效果，故选 C。【27 题详解】主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了冲浪刺激我们的感觉，强迫自闭症孩子注意，从而达到治疗效果，故选 B。【点睛】小题 4 是主旨大意题。主旨大意题主要考查学生对所读材料(或所读材料片断)中心思想的概括。做这类题时，考生应通读全文，把握文章大意或中心思想，同时注意文章的主- 10 -题句，因为主题句表达中心思想，其他句子均围绕主题句进行展开。主题句通常位于文章第一段首句、第一段末句或全文末句等地方，但位于段落中间（通常是第一段或最后一段的中间）也是完全可能的。同时，主题词关键词也是非常重要的，有时候可以直接看出答案。主旨大意题的考查形式很多，如概括标题、主题、段意
28、、中心思想等。这道题目需要理解全文内容，才能选出正确答案。C“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said each time I faced disappointment or even depression. “If you carry on, one day, something good will happen. And youll realize that it wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”Mother was right, but I
29、 didnt realize that until I graduated from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio and then work my way up to be a sports announcer. I hitchhiked (搭顺风车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that in mos
30、t cases, big stations couldnt risk hiring an inexperienced person. “Go out in the remote areas and find a small station thatll give you a chance,” she said. I went back home to Dixon, Illinois.While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and w
31、anted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me.But I wasnt hired. My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt for jo
32、bs. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he cant get a job in a radio stat
33、ion?” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding - 11 -autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds
34、 with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute boost to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturdays game!On my way home, as I have had many times since, I thought of my mothers words, “If you carry on, one day, something good will happen. It wouldnt have happened if not for that previous
35、disappointment.”28. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The author graduated from college in the 1930s.B. The authors dream job was a sports announcer.C. The author was refused by every radio station across the country.D. The author was considered unqualified because of his lack of expe
36、rience.29. What does the underlined phrase “boil over” (in paragraph 5) most probably mean?A. To pass on some evil emotions. B. To become overwhelming.C. To be turned into calmness. D. To break down.30. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The author was given a car by his father after he failed
37、 his first-ever job interview.B. The authors mom always advised him to learn from his failures.C. Peter MacArthur, the program director of WOC Radio, turned down the author for his lack of flexibility.D. Peter MacArthur was able to recognize the talent of the author as a sports announcer.31. What le
38、sson can be drawn from the authors experience in the passage?A. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.B. Practice makes perfect.C. No pain, no gain.D. The early bird catches the worm.【答案】28. C 29. B 30. D 31. C【解析】- 12 -这是一篇记叙文。文章讲了作者想要成为一名体育播音员，去应聘时，四处碰壁。最终，Peter MacArthur 能够识别出作者作为体育播音员的天赋，作者实现了自己的梦想。
39、【28 题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在第二段 I hitchhiked (搭顺风车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time.可知作者被这个国家的每一个广播电台拒绝，故选 C。【29 题详解】词义猜测题。根据 I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he cant get a job in a radio station?”可知这里意思是当我离开他的办公室，我被挫折感淹没。boil
40、 over 的意思是淹没，故选 B。【30 题详解】推理判断题。答案定位在倒数第二段 I did a 15-minute boost to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturdays game!可推知 Peter MacArthur 能够识别出作者作为体育播音员的天赋，故选 D。【31 题详解】推理判断题。本文主要讲了作者想要成为一名体育播音员，去应聘时，四处碰壁。最终，Peter MacArthur 能够识别出作者作为体育播音员的天赋，作者实现了自己的梦想。由此推断出从作者的经历中，我们学到了“没有痛苦，就没有
41、收获”这个道理，故选 C。DAnalogical ability the ability to see common relations between objects, events or ideas is a key skill that underlies human intelligence and differentiates humans from other apes.While there is considerable evidence that preschoolers can learn abstract relations, it remains an open que
42、stion whether infants (婴儿) can as well. In a new Northwestern University study, researchers found that infants are capable of learning the abstract relations of sameness and difference after only a few examples.“This suggests that a skill key to human intelligence is present very early in human deve
43、lopment and that language skills are not necessary for learning abstract relations,” said lead author Alissa Ferry, who conducted the research - 13 -at Northwestern.To trace the origins of relational thinking in infants, the researchers tested whether seven- month-old infants could understand the si
44、mplest and most basic abstract relation that of sameness and difference between two things. Infants were shown pairs of items that were either the same two Elmo dolls or different an Elmo doll and a toy camel until their looking time declined.In the test process, the infants looked longer at pairs s
45、howing the novel (新奇的) relation, even when the test pairs were composed of new objects. In other words, infants who had learned the same relation looked longer at test pairs showing the different relation during the test. This suggests that the infants had noticed the abstract relation and found whe
46、n the relation changed.“We found that infants are capable of learning these relations,” said Ferry, now doing post-doctoral research at the International School for Advanced Studies in Italy. “Additionally, infants exhibit the same patterns of learning as older children and adults relational learnin
47、g benefits from seeing multiple examples of the relation and is blocked when attention is drawn to the individual objects composing the relation.”Susan Hespos, a co-author of the study and associate professor of psychology at Northwesterns Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, said, “We show that i
48、nfants can form abstract relations before they learn the words that describe relations, meaning that relational learning in humans does not require language and is a fundamental human skill of its own.”32. How do the infants show they recognize the sameness or difference between two things?A. By loo
49、king at the difference longer.B. By describing the difference happily.C. By smiling at the difference.D. By crying at the difference loudly.33. What does the underlined word “fundamental” (in the last paragraph) mean?- 14 -A. Basic. B. Evident. C. Useful. D. Complicated.34. What can we infer from the passage?A. Apes have analogical ability.B. Infants have difficulty gaining analogical ability.C. Scientists have done little research on analogical ability.D. Infants learn words later t
