2015—2016第一学期月考（一区）
（时间：120分钟，分值：150分）
本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
班级：____________ 姓名：_____________ 考号：________________________
注意事项：
1. 答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，认真核对条形码上的姓名、准考证号，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡的指定位置上。
2. 选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂,如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案的标号；非选择题答案使用0. 5毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。
3. 请按照题号在各题的答题区域(黑色线框)内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。 4. 保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。
第 I 卷
第一部分： 听力（共两节，满分30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。
1. What does the woman like collecting best? A. Stamps. B. Coins. A. America. A. Ice creams.
C. Train tickets.
C. Russia.
2. Which country found lovely music is good for people’s hearts?
B. Australia. B. Candy.
3. What is the woman eager to buy?
C. Drinks.
4. Where are the two speakers?
A. In the bank. B. In the classroom. C. In the supermarket. 5. What prevented the woman calling the man yesterday? A. She lost her cellphone.
B. Her cellphone was power off.
C. Her teacher took her cellphone away.
第二节 (共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
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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、7题。 6. What is the woman looking for?
A. A casual dress. B. A business suit. C. An evening dress. 7. What will the woman do next?
A. Try on the clothes. B. Bargain with the man. C. Pay for the clothes in cash. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How old is the woman's grandfather? A. 78. B. 79. C. 80.
9. What did the woman's grandfather do last winter? A. He went in the hospital. B. He went on a cycling holiday. C. He attended a skiing contest. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. What are the speakers arguing about? A. Who to blame.
B. Which way to go.
C. What transport to take.
11. Why did the policeman stop the speakers?
A. They took the wrong shortcut. B. They drove beyond the speed limit. C. They went through the red light.
12. What was the initial reason for what happened to the speakers?
A. The woman didn’t prefer to travel by train. B. The man failed to ask the way.
C. The man forgot to book tickets earlier.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the basic purpose of the IQ tests?
A. To test who is brighter.
B. To test language and numerical ability.
C. To judge an individual talents.
14. What makes so many unhappy parents in the world?
A. Their children being stupid.
B. Their children’s failing in the exams.
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C. Their children’s abilities not being developed. 15. Why do some children do badly in school exams?
A. They are not good with words and numbers. B. They do not study hard enough. 16. How can a person be happy?
A. Putting your skills to good use. B. Having a higher IQ. C. Doing well in the exams. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is the conductor like? A. Anxious.
B. Absent-minded.
C. Kind-hearted.
18. What should Mr. Mora do in Princeton? A. Give a lecture.
B. Meet an old friend. C. Visit a university.
19. Why must Mr. Mora find the ticket?
A. He might be fined.
B. He forgot the destination. 20. What kind of person is Mr. Mora?
A. Forgetful.
B. Careful.
C. Bad-tempered.
第二部分： 阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Every Wednesday, I go to Cantata Adult Life Services, a local retirement community in Brookfield, Illinois, US, with my classmates to do community service.
After my very first visit to Cantata, my life changed forever. That may sound a bit dramatic, but volunteering with the elderly has changed my views on life.
Our visits last about an hour, and we bring 25-30 students every time. We play board games and cards with the residents while we’re there.
You can watch all the movies and TV shows you want about “life back then”, but nothing compares to talking to the people who were actually there. Just hearing their stories has touched me in a way I never thought possible.
Whether it was talking to 98-year-old “Hurricane Hilda” about her glory days as a roller skater or chatting with Lou about the times she danced with a famous actor, I was completely attracted by every single memory the residents wanted to share with me.
Even the residents who don’t have amazing memories make the experience satisfying . I remember visiting Mrs Robinson. She couldn’t recall much about her past, but she told me she’d never forget how kind I was just to listen to her “rambling (漫谈)”. It made me realize that
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C. They are looked down upon by others in school.
C. He wrote something important on it.
it’s the little things that make life worth living. That’s something I won’t forget anytime soon.
If there’s one thing I’ve realized in my three years of visiting Cantata, it’s that presence – just being there – means more than anything to many of the residents. And despite how busy our lives are, there’s always time to make someone’s day.
For me, it feels great to be a source of happiness, a smile on a bad day or a listening ear for old memories. And at the end of the day, that’s all that matters.
It’s easy to feel like you don’t have anything in common with the elderly – especially when you’re a teenager. But that’s not true at all.
I hate to be overly clichéd (陈词滥调的) here, but age really is just a number. As young adults, it’s important for us to realize this sooner rather than later. We can learn a lot from the elderly, and they can often benefit from teenagers too. 21. What do the volunteers do according to the passage? A. They share everything with the residents.
B. They play board games and cards with the residents. C. They watch the residents play games. D. They buy gifts for the residents.
22. According to the writer, what is the most important thing that volunteers can do for the elderly?
A. Playing with them. B. Benefiting from them. C. Helping them. D. Being there with them. 23. What does the writer want to tell us by writing this passage ? A. We don’t have anything in common with the elderly. B. Age is just a number.
C. It is important to help the elderly.
D. Young adults and the elderly can benefit from each other.
B
Coral reefs(珊 瑚 礁)are not just beautiful to look at，but also very useful．They shelter nearly 25％ of ocean life and provide food for billions of people．However, like many other species，this amazing ecosystem(生态系统)is in danger of dying out!
There are two main reasons for the destruction—the rising carbon dioxide levels caused by global warming as well as human influences like bottom operation．While not much can be done about the former，the loss caused by the latter can be reduced．
Bottom operation involves dropping nets to the ocean bed and then dragging them up when filled with fish．This action damaged the ocean floor，causing the coral branches to separate from the reefs．While that is very discouraging，the good news is that if these branches are found quickly，they can be saved．At present，that work is being performed by volunteer divers. But the method
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has only limited success because they cannot stay long underwater, nor reach depths of over 200 meters where some of the deep-sea coral grows．
However，this is not the case for Coralbots—the robots that can constantly seek out broken branches．A team of ‘coralbots’，each individually working to simple rules will piece together’ damaged bits of coral, allowing them to regrow. They are programmed to be able to distinguish between other things and the coral．The robots work together in groups，similar to bees．If one coralbot is damaged then the others will still be able to complete the task．
Dr Lea-Anne Henry said：“The project of using coralbots offers us the possibility to restore(修复)the function of reefs．It is in the final stage of testing．Once ready, the researchers hope to build hundreds of them and use them effectively in the waters off Scotland and then hopefully in the oceans across the world．”
24．Which of the following is a cause of the danger that coral reefs are facing? A．The appearance of new creatures． B．The seriously polluted sea water． C．The activities of volunteer divers． D．Human activities like bottom operation．
25．Compared with volunteer divers，coralbots ______________． A．can stay longer underwater B．must work as bees do C．can distinguish what is coral
D．can never be damaged
26．What does the underlined word“them”in the last paragraph refer to? A．Coralbots． C．working bees．
B．Broken branches． D．Bits of coral．
27．We can infer from the passage that _______________． A．bottom operation has affected most underwater creatures B．broken branches of coral can regrow if saved in time C．hundreds of the coralbots have worked well in the oceans D．with the coralbots all damaged coral reefs can be restored
C
Film director James Cameron first became interested in sea exploration when he was a little boy．His love for the ocean grew after he made the 1989 undersea adventure film The Abyss and the 1997 blockbuster Titanic，one of the most successful movies of all time．Following that big success，James Cameron decided to put his film career on hold to become an explorer．
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山东省滨州市邹平双语学校高三英语12月月考试题(一区,无答案)
