宁夏石嘴山市第三中学2019届高三英语上学期第二次10月月考试题.doc

1、2018年高三年级第二次月考英语试卷第I 卷 选择题第一部分：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小题，每段对话仅读一遍。1. How did Lawrence go to the meeting this morning?A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. On foot.2. What does the woman mean?A. The mans always busy.

2、 B. The mans inventing an excuse. C. She forgot the man has a meeting.3. When is the last train?A. 9:48 p.m. B. 10:18 p.m. C. 10:50 p.m.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Choosing courses. B. Shopping. C. History.5. What will the man probably do?A. Go back to Colorado. B. Go to visit h

3、is relatives. C. Climb the mountains.第二节 （共15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至7题。6. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a clinic. B. At a restaurant. C. On the beach.7. Which r

4、estaurant did the woman go to first last night?A. Chinese one. B. Italian one. C. American one.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient. C. Customer and waiter.9.What must have caused the speakers stomach aches?A. The fish.

5、B. The soup. C. The apples.10. Where will the speakers go?A. To the market. B. To the hospital. C. To the restaurant.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What day is it today?A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.12. Why does the man have to see Dr. Smith?A. He was hit by a ladder. B. He broke his leg. C. He hurt hi

6、s foot.13. What does the woman tell the man in the end?A. To wait at home. B. To take off the paint can himself.C. To come to the office right away.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Why can the woman speak English well?A. She has learned English for 4 years.B. She lived in Boston for three years.C. She worked in

7、 the United States for some time.15. Whats the mans book about?A. Strangers. B. The United States. C. His family members.16. How many family members does the man mention?A. 4. B. 5. C. 6.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the purpose of the speech?A. Selling some medicine.B. Offering some advice on sleep

8、ing problems.C. Telling people how to exercise.18. Why is it useless to keep turning around when you cant sleep?A. Its tossing. B. It makes you worry. C. It increases heart rate.19. Which of the following can cause sleeplessness?A. Too much exercise in the evening.B. Lack of sleep on weekends.C. Eat

9、ing cheese before going to bed.20. What can we learn about sleeping pills?A. Itll help relax. B. It prevents sleeping. C. Its useless for sleeplessness.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。从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AThe Coolest InventionsAn Oceans VacuumTheres a collection of plastic

10、trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Its bigger than Texas and growing. The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets. That is both costly and slow. Instead, the Ocean Cleanup Project proposes a 62-mile-long floating barrier that would use natural currents to trap trash. If next years tri

11、als succeed, a full cleanup operation would aim to start in 2020. It could reduce the trash by 42 % over 10 years. Easy-On Shoes In 2012, Matthew Walzer, a high school student with a disability, sent a note to Nike. “My dream is to go to college,” he wrote, “without having to worry about someone com

12、ing to tie my shoes every day.” Nike assigned a design team to the challenge. This year, they came out with their solution: the FlyEase. The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand. A pair of Nike FlyEase shoes sells for $ 130. An Airport for Drones (无人机） As Amazon, Google, and others get read

13、y for drone delivery service, there is one big question: What kinds of home bases will their drones have? Rwanda, in Africa, may have the answer. There, workers will soon start work on three “drone ports”. The goals is to make it easier to transport food, medical supplies, electronics, and other goo

14、ds through the hilly countryside. Construction is set to be completed in 2020.21. Whats the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum?A. It can tear plastic into pieces.B. It can grow year by year.C. It can be put into wide use soon.D. It can be a money-saver.22. What do we know about Nike?A. It offers free sh

15、oes to the disabled. B. It is designing new shoes frequently.C. It provides customer friendly services. D. It responded to Matthews request passively.23. Why is Rwanda setting up “drone ports”?A. Because there are too many drones.B. Because road travel there is rough.C. Because they are receptive to

16、 new technology.D. Because theyre easier to construct than roads. BThroughout history scientists have risked their health and their lives in their search for the truth.Sir Issac Newton, the seventeenth century scientist was very smart, but that didnt stop him from doing some pretty stupid things. In

17、 his laboratory in Cambridge, he often did the strangest experiments. Once, while testing how light passes through lenses (晶状体), he put a long needle into his eye, pushed it to the back, and then moved it around just to see what would happen. Luckily, there was no lasting bad effect. On another occa

18、sion, he stared at the sun, for as long as he could bear, to discover what effect this would have on his sight. To escape suffering permanent damage, he had to spend some days in a dark room before his eyes recovered.In the 1750s, the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele, was the first person to find a way

19、to produce phosphorus (磷) He, in fact, discovered eight more chemical elements, including Chlorine (氯), though he didnt get any place for them. He was a very clever scientist, but he had a strange habit of tasting a little of every substance he studied. This risky practice finally caught up with him

20、. In 1786, he was found dead in his laboratory, surrounded by a large number of dangerous chemicals, any of which might have been responsible for his death.Eugene Shoemaker was a respected geologist, he spent a large part of his life studying craters (陨石坑), and how they were formed, and later the re

21、search into the comments of the plane Jupiter. In 1997, he and his wife were in the Australian desert, where they went every year search for places where comets (彗星) might have hit the earth. While driving in the Tanam desert, one of the most open places in the world, another vehicle rushed into the

22、m, and Shoe maker died on the spot. Some of his ashes (骨灰) were sent to the moon by the Lunar Prospect or, a spacecraft, and he is the only person who has this honor.24. What does the underlined word permanent in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Lasting.B. Slight.C. Brief.D. Ordinary.25. What did Karl Scheele li

23、ke doing when performing experiments? A. Tasting chemicals.B. Staying in the empty labs.C. Experimenting in darkness. D. Working together with others.26. What special honor was Shoemaker given after his death?A. He was buried in the Tanami desert.B. One comet of Jupiter was named after him.C. Some o

24、f his ashes were placed on the moon.D. A spacecraft carrying him travelled around Jupiter.27. The text is mainly about three great scientists _.A. special honorsB. great achievementsC. suffering in their researchD. famous experimentsCWe all think plants were expected to get larger with increased car

25、bon dioxide in the atmosphere, but changes in temperature, humidity(湿度）and nutrient availability seem to have trumped the benefits of increased carbon dioxide said researchers from the National University of Singapore.45 percent of the species studied now reach smaller adult sizes than they did in t

26、he past. The researchers pointed out that warmer temperatures and changing habitats, caused by climate change, are possible reasons for shrinking creatures.“ We do not yet know the mechanisms(机制）involved, or why some organism are getting smaller while others are unaffected,” the researchers said. “U

27、ntil we understand more, we could be risking negative consequences that we cant yet quantify. The change is big in cold-blooded animals. Only two decades of warmer temperatures are enough to make retiles (爬行动物）smaller. An increase of only 1 degree centigrade caused nearly a 10 percent increase in me

28、tabolism(新陈代谢). Greater use of energy resulted in tiny tortoises and little lizards. Fish are smaller now too. Though overfishing has played a part in reducing numbers, experiments show that warmer temperatures also stop fish growing.Warm-blooded animals arent immune(免除）from the size change caused b

29、y climate change. Many birds are now smaller. Soay sheep are thinner. Red deer are weaken And polar bears are smaller, compared with historical records.This is not the first time this has happened in Earths history. 55 million years ago, a warming event similar to the current climate change caused b

30、ees, spiders and ants to shrink by 50 to 75 percent over several thousand years. That event happened over a longer time than the current climate change.The speed of modern climate change could mean organisms may not respond or adapt quickly enough, especially those with long generation times climate

31、 change will be shown in the future.28. What does the text mainly talk about_?A. Why some species become smaller.B. How climate changes in Earths history?C. Climate change has many negative effects.D. Species are becoming smaller as climate gets warmer.29. The underlined word “trumped” m the first p

32、aragraph probably mean_. A. strengthened B. gained C. equaled D. beaten30. Researchers from the National University of Singapore believe that_. A. they have found the exact causes for creatures getting smaller.B. all the animals on the earth have become smaller.C. climate change has more negative ef

33、fects on warm-blooded animals.D. increase in energy use can lead to creatures getting smaller.31. What does the author feel about the climate change?A. Worried B. Optimistic C. Disappointed D. ShamefulDIf youre DIY-minded, you can build your own solar power system. In some cases, you can even build

34、your own solar panels (太阳能电池板), although the amount that you can effectively DIY home solar depends on how much you want to power. Making your own solar panel is a time-consuming process and requires some electrical skills. However, it can also be very rewardinglearning to build your own panel is a

35、great way to understand how solar electricity is generated (产生).Before you can build your own solar panels, you first need to understand how solar cells generate electricity. Once youve bought individual solar cells (they can be purchased online), the basic process for building your own solar panel

36、goes like this: Prepare the backing (底板) for your panel. Many DIY solar panel builders prefer to use a wooden board as the base for their solar cell. Youll need to drill holes in the board so that the wires for each cell can pass through. Wire your solar cells together. This requires some experience

37、 with electrical work. Use a soldering iron (烙铁) to attach wire to the solar cells and then link each of the cells together. Attach cells to your backing. If possible, attach each solar cell to the backing individually. This makes it easier to replace a single cell in the event that becomes damaged

38、or is not operating properly.At this point you have a functional solar panel that can produce electricity when the sun shines. However, a solar panel by itself is not useful. If you are trying to generate electricity to power devices in your home, you need to pair your panel with an inverter (换流器) t

39、hat will turn direct current (DC) power from the sun into the alternating current (AC) power used in most modem electronic devices.32. What does the author think of building DIY solar panel in the first paragraph?A. It is easy. B. It is common. C. It is worthwhile. D. It is necessary.33. Whats the f

40、irst step of building your own solar panels?A. Buy individual solar cells.B. Drill holes in the wooden board.C. Prepare the backing for your panel.D. Master the advanced knowledge of management.34. Why are solar cells connected to the wooden board separately?A. To produce more power.B. To substitute

41、 damaged cells easily.C. To attach cells to the backing tightly.D. To pass through the wooden board easily.35. What can be inferred from the text?A. People with electrical skills have advantages over those without in DIY solar panels.B. A functional solar panel can give power to your home devices di

42、rectly.C. How to pair an inverter depends on how much you want to power.D. A wooden board is a must for your own solar panels.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。Changing your life can come in small, easy steps. You can transform yourself and live a better life by making p

43、ositive changes along the way. Here are some choices that will lead to your transformation.Choose to change bad habitsSome bad habits seem to stick around without us even realizing it. 36You can overcome them, find better alternatives, and get through your struggle to become a better you! Do it for

44、yourself more than anything.Choose to growIts easy to get stuck in a fixed way of life. 37 In choosing to grow, you build character, develop your strengths, become aware of what needs improvement, and turn into the well-rounded person you need to be to succeed.Choose to seek a balanced lifeWhere do

45、you need balance? Are you all work, no play? Or the opposite? 38 If youre spending too much time working or locked away alone, find the time for social interaction and having fun. If you havent committed to a schedule in a while, make the decision to start following one.39This is vital to human exis

46、tence. We need the loving bonds created by family members and friends. Personal relationships are key to emotional growth and social stability.Choose to live your passionWhatever your dream is, you can have it. The person you wish to be and the things you wish to achieve are within you. Make the cho

47、ice to pursue those passions at whatever cost. It may mean clearing out your schedule or doing something youve never done. 40A Choose to spend time with those you loveB Choose to organize your schedule flexiblyC Make the choice today that you wont be ruled by them.D Neither extreme will lead you to

48、a pleasant life for very long.E. However, with re-evaluation and growth comes a beautiful freedom.F. Its good to change, and youve only got so many years to refresh yourself.G. However, the reward from success and personal accomplishment will be worth it.第三部分 英语知识应用 （共两节，满分45分）第一节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分

49、，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 My class and I visited LaoSiJi Care Center in Shizuishan to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season. The first two 41 there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang 42 for

50、them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.As we were 43 on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them 44 off at the walls or floor. However, one lady 45 my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They werent

51、the songs that we were singing, at least they didnt 46 like that. As we got 47 with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she got. 48 she was singing, she was also 49 out to us with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my 50 w

52、ere to my students. People who worked at the care center could 51 to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling 52 about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, JiaQi, showed me what the holiday season is really about. JiaQi also 53 the same lady. The difference between us is t

53、hat he 54 on her needs, but I didnt. During the last song, “Gucci Prada,” JiaQi walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her 55 and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my 56 to let you know that.” This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his h

54、and. Then she touched his cheek with 57 hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No 58 can completely describe that touching moment. It 59 a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. JiaQis example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a 60 that I will never forget. He was the t

55、eacher that day, and I consider myself lucky to have witnessed his lesson. 41A. buildingsB. floorsC. roomsD. groups42A. shylyB. bravelyC. madlyD. beautifully43A. meetingB. dancingC. gatheringD. singing44A. shutB. staredC. paidD. glared45A. escapedB. lookedC. caughtD. hurt46A. soundB. hearC. appearD.

56、 feel47A. louderB. nearerC. fasterD. higher48A. BecauseB. AsC. SinceD. Though49A. movingB. reachingC. comingD. spreading50A. interestsB. abilitiesC. feelingsD. responsibilities51A. speakB. objectC. compareD. attend52A. afraidB. sureC. scaryD. guilty53A. fearedB. avoidedC. noticedD. helped54A. called

57、B. acted C. keptD. insisted55A. tearsB. handsC. faceD. eyes56A. timeB. flowerC. bodyD. cheek57A. anotherB. hisC. the otherD. herself58A. wordsB. poemsC. expressionsD. songs59A. tookB. wastedC. causedD. made60A. messageB. lessonC. activityD. class第II卷 非选择题第三部分 英语知识应用 （共两节，满分45分）第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分1

58、5分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Balloons are released (放) for special occasions like memorial services and grand openings. It is fun and exciting. 61, it really causes great destruction to the environment and threatens the lives of our wildlife.When 62 balloon flies into the sky, it doesnt e

59、nd up 63 (stay) there. It eventually bursts and returns to the earth as ugly litter. Balloons can even travel thousands of miles and pollute the most remote and pure places. More 64. (sad), they can present a threat 65. many animals. Birds, whales, turtles and other animals often mistake balloons fo

60、r food, which can do damage to them because balloons contain 66 (harm) chemicals. Balloons even kill animals. When an animal swallows a balloon, it can block its intestinal tract (肠道), resulting 67 starvation.Part of the reason why releasing balloons 68 (permit) in so many places is that some balloo

61、ns do break down eventually. However, it takes about 4 years 69 (break) down completely.Watching hundreds of balloons slowly going up into the sky might give you a five-second thrill, but is it worth a bunch of dead animals and so many places full of rubbish? Absolutely not. 70 we should do is to ge

62、t creative and come up with alternative ways to celebrate.第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；This morning, Jing Wei and I

63、 went to see Mrs. Liu, she used to be our English teacher. On arriving at Mrs. Lius, we presented our gifts to her, which she liked them very much. He talked about some interesting things and persons she remembered. When she began to teach us, I was quite poor with English. Learned about this, Mrs.

64、Liu offered lots of help to me. Without her help, I wouldnt have made so rapid progress. Mrs. Liu is retired now. She leads active life and does some voluntary works. Before we leave, she impressed upon us the importance of knowledge and inspired us to study hardly. We wished her a happy life forever.第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Amy发来邮件与你分享好消息，她在当地“汉语桥(Chinese Bridge)”比赛中中文演讲与二胡独奏表现突出。今年十月她将代表美国赴华参加世界中学生汉语桥总决赛(finals)。请你给她写一封邮件，内容包括：1. 祝贺Amy获得“汉语桥”比赛佳绩；2. 围绕赛前的准备练习、自信心肯定及良好心态的树立，提出对总决赛的建议3. 期待见面。注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 文中不得出现自己的真实信息； 3. 参考词汇：二胡独奏erhu soloDear Amy,_Congratulations again!Yours,Li Hua