廉江市安铺中学2015届高三英语第一次月考试卷
本试卷共12页,三大题,满分135分.考试用时120分钟
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色笔迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔讲试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应的位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。
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4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将试题与答题卡一并交回。
I．语言知识及应用
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。
Have you ever noticed how families on TV always find time to eat meals together? In reality, people today are 1 than ever before and getting the whole family together for an evening meal is often 2 , as all members of the family have their own activities to get on with. For most of us, sitting down together at the 3 table is a thing of the past, but what effect does this have on family members and the relationships between them?
One of the most important 4 of eating together as a family is that the family has a chance to communicate 5 with one another in a social environment. Many families 6 that the evening meal is the best time to discuss problems and share experiences. “Eating together makes us feel 7 , and we often have our most useful conversations at these times,” says Jane Digby, mother of three. So, although organizing a family meal everyday can be a(n) 8 , it can benefit family relationships.
In addition, family meals help to improve children’s 9 skills. They learn how to talk, how to listen and how to show consideration for other 10 in the conversation. Furthermore, eating together gives 11 a sense of security. Family psychotherapist (心理治疗专家) Sue Taylor believes that children who eat with their 12 are far more confident as well as much more faithful to their families than children who don’t.
In spite of the many advantages of eating together, the 13 of modern life make it almost impossible for many people to do so. However, Sue Taylor insists that we should try to make 14 for family meals. “Mealtimes are the most valuable time a family can spend together,” she says. “If you can’t eat together every day, why not 15 and eat together three or four times a week? It really is worth the effort.”
1. A. smarter 2. A. convenient 3. A. corner 4. A. advantages 5. A. slowly 6. A. doubt 7. A. relaxed 8. A. effort 9. A. social 10. A. topics 11. A. elders 12. A. friends 13. A. varieties 14. A. time 15. A. escape
B. busier B. necessary B. dinner B. challenges B. calmly B. worry B. close B. method B. professional B. audience B. customers B. classmates B. comforts B. money B. ask
C. luckier C. impossible C. window C. adventures C. instantly C. find C. special C. idea C. technical C. teachers C. parents C. families C. demands C. food C. pray
D. happier D. important D. problems D. problems D. regularly D. hope D. tired D. mistake D. managerial D. participants D. children D. neighbors D. pleasures D. progress D. try
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者用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。
Buying books on the Internet is a great way to save time and money. Online bookstores offer new books and used books that can save you a lot of money. What’s more, they are far better 16 (compare) to traditional bookstores as they offer much broader kinds of books. You can either click the kind of e-books online 17 type the book title and get it in seconds. Another advantage of shopping online 18 (be) that you can also read the book reviews as well as readers’ reviews to get an idea 19 the book is worth buying. Online bookstores offer great discounts, 20 is a big attraction for book lovers.
For book lovers, 21 is most important to get books in time. Therefore, you need to find 22 reliable online bookstore that will be able to provide fast deliveries.
Here are some tips to use when selecting an online bookstore. Some online bookstores are popular for fiction books; some are 23 non-fiction books or novels, etc. Understanding their specialization will help you to get the right kinds of books in time. Check whether you will be buying the books from a third-party seller or 24 (direct) from the websites. Never jump at stores that offer super cheap prices, as books 25 (sell) at such low price could be in very bad condition.
II． 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26-45各题所给的四个选项中，选出最 佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Alysa Grayson spends much of her spare time working on behalf of wolves. The 11-year-old was recently invited to join wolf experts on a trip to Yellowstone National Park. Here’s a little of what she told us about her “once-in-lifetime” journey. “Ever since I was little, I’ve dreamed of seeing my first wild wolf,” says Alyssa. And on the first day of her trip, her dream came true.
While hiking up a trail（小路）with her guides, Alyssa spotted wolf 06. The female was famous for being one of the few wolves able to take down an elk（麋鹿）by herself! Alyssa knew it was wolf 06 from the radio collar the animal was wearing. The collars are put on wolves in the park by members of the Yellowstone Wolf Project. The collars help them keep track of how the wolves are doing.
Later that day, Alyssa’s group spotted more wolf tracks. “They were the size of my hand,” she says. They followed the tracks and suddenly saw a big black wolf. He stopped and howled, then continued across the river.
“We were only 20 to 30 feet away from him,” says Alyssa. To her delight, Alyssa learned it was wolf 712M—the same animal Alyssa’s family had sponsored for a radio collar. “It’s one thing to see a picture of him,” says Alyssa. “But it’s another to see him in the wild!”
Alyssa was amazed at the animals she saw in Yellowstone. She even crawled inside an abandoned wolf cave.
“Yellowstone was an amazing adventure,” she says. “I’m going to ask my friends to help protect wolves.”
26. Alyssa Grayson is probably a __________. A. wolf expert B. wolf defender C. nature journalist D. worker in a park 27. How did Alyssa recognize wolf 06?
A. Through the behavior of the wolf. B. Through the wolf’s radio collar. C. Her companions told her. D. The park keeper told her. 28. Alyssa’s family once ________. A. saw wolves in the wild B. took pictures of wolves
C. saved the life of wolf 712M D. provided money for a radio collar 29. After the tri to Yellowstone, Alyssa plans to ________. A. repair the abandoned wolf caves B. has more adventures by herself C. ask more people to protect wolves D. invites her friends to visit Yellowstone
30. The passage is most probably taken from ________. A. a science report B. a personal diary C. a research paper D. a travel magazine
B
It’s exciting to imagine how future humans will have solved the problems we have now, or what amazing new inventions will make our lives more convenient and interesting. We asked top scientists to share their predictions on what the world will be like in a century. If they’re right, the 2114 is going to be really cool.
1. Robots will do your chores and more
Robots will be doing most of our jobs, from building homes to teaching math. There are already robots that clean floors and pump gas. In the future they will be more complicated and useful. Unfortunately, with robots taking all the jobs, unemployment will be high. 2. You will read minds.
Speaking of being social, we will communicate in an entirely different way. Forget texts and emails. Mind-reading technology will allow us to send thoughts to each other without speaking a word. We will also be able to send thoughts to objects around us. (Instead of pressing “start” on the microwave, you could just think “start.”) Meanwhile, chips implanted（植入）in our brains will improve memory and intelligence.
3. Your car will drive you
Today, around 30,000 Americans die in car accidents each year. One hundred years form now, accidents will be a thing of the past. According to Mark Safford, consultant or the U.S. Department of Transportation, future cars will drive themselves. These electric cars will communicate with other cars on the road to travel safely in close formation at high speeds. 4. You will eat fake meat.
Raising animals is not an efficient way to produce food, and it harms the environment: Cows, chickens, and pigs eat a lot, and then we have to deal with all that poop（粪便）. What’s more, that poop can up poisoning lakes, rivers, and streams. Today, scientists can “grow” meat in a lab from animal cells, but it’s expensive and not very delicious. In the future, they will have perfected the process. You’ll order hamburgers that come from factories, not cows. Scientists may even find ways to make lab-grown meat tastier and healthier than the real thing.
31. According to the passage, what is likely to happen when robots become more common in the future?
A. People will be much lazier. B. More people will lose their jobs.
C. People may become physically weaker. D. More people may become less intelligent.
32. Mind-reading technology will help people to _______. A. have a good memory B. talk to other creatures C. read books efficiently D. convey messages silently 33. According to the passage, in the future cars will be__________. A. less popular B. more expensive C. much easier to operate D. much smaller and lighter 34. Future meat will be ________. A. much more affordable B. less tasty but healthier C. more organic and delicious D. more environmentally friendly 35. What is the passage mainly about? A. The history of human life. B. The predictable future life. C. The development of science. D. The latest scientific findings.
C
For years, Kyle Hargreaves, 13, had a secret fear. It wasn’t of snakes or spiders or flying on an airplane. Kyle was afraid of mascots. Mascots caused Kyle to experience true terror. His heart would pound. Sweat would pour down his face. He would have trouble breathing. He tried to control his fewer, but he couldn’t.
Kyle suffered from a condition called mask lophobia（吉祥物恐惧症）. More than 19 million American adults suffer from some kind of phobia.
Fear response is very important to us in order to keep safe. In fact, all creatures are programmed to recognize and avoid threads in their environment. But being afraid of something dangerous is very different from having a phobia. With phobias, the fear response is caused by something that isn’t threatening (or isn’t as threatening as the person feels it is), and then those feelings of terror don’t go away.
Given the intensity of their terror, it’s understandable that people with phobias go to extreme lengths to avoid the object of their fear. But avoidance makes phobias worse, says Amit Etkin, a professor at Stanford University. If you don’t interact with the thing that scares you, the brain will never accept that it’s not harmful, and scary fantasies can become more exaggerated（夸大的）。
Kyle’s dad took him to a hospital. There, Kyle was treated with a technique called exposure. Kyle’s treatment began when he was greeted by a man carrying a rabbit costume. Kyle started to panic but didn’t run away. He knew he needed to face his fear. Once Kyle felt calm, the man put on the costume except for the head. Kyle again became anxious, but eventually he relaxed. The two played basketball. After a while, the man put on the head and other mascots joined the game.
By the end of the day though, Kyle’s fear had disappeared. That evening, he and his dad went to an annual event at Virginia Tech called “Gobblerfest,” where they interacted with many mascots. Kyle felt no trepidation at all. To celebrate Kyle’s new, fear-free relationship to mascots, his family decided to take a trip. Where did they go? Disney World, of course!
36. When Kyle saw mascots, he __________. A. was very excited B. became extremely terrified C. dreamed of taking the plane D. thought of snakes and spiders 37. Which of the following is a symptom of having a phobia? A. A boy is afraid of snakes.
B. Seeing a big fire, a man is scared. C. A girl seeing a toy bear is terrified.
D. Seeing blood on the floor, a lady runs away.
38. For phobia suffers, avoiding the object of their fear can _______. A. lead to other problems B. solve their problems gradually C. do good to them in some ways D. only make their problem worse 39. How was Kyle treated in the hospital? A. By making more friends.
B. By learning to play basketball.
C. By carrying a variety of costumes.
广东省廉江市安铺中学高三第一次月考英语试题 含答案
