2021年高三英语上学期第四次月考试题Part I Listening prehension (30 marks)Section A (22.5 marks)Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.You will hear each conversation TWICE.Conversation 11. What is wrong with the woman?A. She hasn’t enough sleep and feels tired.B. S he has got a bad cold and feels sick.C. She has been tired of her work.2. Why hasn’t the woman done enough exercise?A. Because she has been too lazy.B. Because she has so much homework to do.C. Because she has so much work to do.Conversation 23. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At the ticket window.B. At the waiting room.C. At theinformation desk.4. When will the man’s train leave?A. At 10:30.B. At 10:05C. At 10:00Conversation 35. What is the woman doing?A. Chatting with her friend.B. Having a job interview.C. Asking some information about puter.6. Which of the following can the woman do?A. Shorthand .B. Writing fast.C. Operating theputer skillfully.Conversation 47. How long will the woman study French each day?Visiting the Royal ParksI. Hyde Park＊In central London, originally a 16 belonging to Henry VIII.＊Consists of 340 acres of trees and grass intersected by paths, with 17 on the Serpentine Lake and horse riding in Rotten Row.II. Kensington Gardens＊Covering 18 and containing Kensington Palace＊There you can visit the Round Pound ,the Albert Memorial and the Statue of Peter Pan, the famous fairy -tale figure created by Barrie.III. Regent’s Park＊Contains the London zoo, a boating lake, the Regent’s c anal and 19 .＊Attracts over 20 visitors each year.A. Two hoursB. One hour.C. It’s not decided.8. What does the man think of his French?A .He has a terrible accent, but his grammar is goodB. His grammar is not good, nor is his accent..C. He never gets stuck in study.9. Who are the speakers?A. Teachers.B. Students.C. Traveler and guide.Conversation 510.Where does the conversation take place?A. At the office.B. Over the phone.C. At the man’s home.11. What doesn’t the man need to do to get the new driving license?A. Check his vision.B. Take a written test.C. Takea driving test.12. What is true about the man?A. He is in Boston now.B. He is in New Jersey now.C. He is in NewYork now.Conversation 613. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Father and daughterB. Neighbors.C. Husband and wife14. What had gone wrong in their house?A. The washing machineB. The electric wires.C. The wash room.15. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man wanted to buy a car.B. The ir car needed repairing.C. The woman hadn’t a good job.Section B (7.5marks)Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.You will hear the short passage TWICE.Part Ⅱ Language Knowledge (45 marks)Section A (15marks)The sick woman ____in bed ____to the doctor that she had already taken the pill ____ on the table by the nurse a moment ago .A. laying; lay; layB. lying; lie; lieC. lying; lied; laidD. lay; lying; lay22. Every time I fail, my father will always tell me “If your dream is big enough, the facts don’t ______.”A. costB. meanC. valueD. count23. Most educators believe a challenging situation can often _______ the best qualities of a person.A. take outB. turn outC. work outD. bring out24. --- Where is your new home now?--- In the new developed zone. But I ______ downtown for five years.A. livedB. had livedC. have livedD. was living25. The room is in a terrible mess; it _______ cleaned.A. can’t have beenB. shouldn’t have beenC. mustn’t have beenD. wouldn’t have beenPresident Obama spoke of Mandela last night at the White House, the late South African leaderman who took history in his hands..A. described...asB. to describe...asC. describing...asD. describe...as27. Though working in a famous pany and having a big ine, he only ______ his wife$200 a year for clothes.A. takesB. permitsC. allowsD. spends28. The poor student, and living expenses are paid by the Hope Project, is admitted by the Peking University.A. some of which booksB. all of his booksC. whose all booksD. all of whose books29. --- How did you feel when Lindan won the gold medal in the 29th Beijing Olympic Games?--- I cou ldn’t be _______.A. more excitingB. more excitedC. most excitingD. most excited30. Can you imagine how late I went to bed last night? It was not until one o’clock ______ I finished my article.A. whenB. asC. beforeD. that31. -- What do you think of your performance now?--- Great! _______ so successful.A. I thought it wouldn’t beB. I don’t think it will beC. I think it will not beD. I didn’t think it would be32.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<The U.S. cargo ship captain taken captive by Somali pirates _______ recently without injury after days of painful experience.A. was freedB. has been freedC. had been freedD. is freed33. When I tried to find _________that prevented so many people from taking part in the program, it seemed to me that there were two main reasons.A. why it didB. that it didC. what it wasD. why it was34. Please give money if possible, ______ many children in poor areas will be able to go back to school.A. asB. orC. andD. therefore35. --- Have you gone over what the teacher taught in class?--- Not yet.--- Better remember:__________.A. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatchedB. A bird in hand is worth two in the bushC. Strike while the iron is hotD. All roads lead to Rome.As I had never cooked dinner before, you can imagine how surprised they were when they arrived home. I didn't explain much then. I 41 told them that I thought we would never have enough time to have a talk 42 I cooked dinner.That night we sat as a family and really talked. We talked about my grades as I apologized for not telling them sooner that I needed help. That night we came together as a real family.My parents later 43 to hire a tutor to help me in the evenings after school. The tutor _44 to be really helpful. My grades improved and to my great joy, I 45 pass the tenth grade. Something else came out of such a simple situation. We learned to listen and understand. My family learned to 46 .I made a 47 of cooking dinner at least once a week after that night. It gave my mom a break and our family a chance to hear what was going on in everyone's life.36. A. minded B. mattered C. remembered D. considered37. A. set out B. get down C. go about D. speak out38. A. before B. or C. after D. and39. A. choice B. decision C. trouble D. promise40. A. decorated B. arranged C. bought D. cleaned41. A. naturally B. proudly C. nervously D. simply42. A. if B. even though C. unless D. as long as43. A. tried B. managed C. failed D. led44. A. happened B. seemed C. proved D. sounded45. A. would B. must C. had D. did46. A. share B. accept C. express D. municate47. A. record B. change C. point D. signSection C (12 marks)The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet 48 it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain (维持;支撑) them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. 49 breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make 50 magnificent life for themselves.Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity 51 is not enough to create success. Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. So many people are so anxious to "get in" on a "ground floor opportunity", as 52 the opportunitywill do all the work. That's impossible.Just 53 you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. That's 54 up to the opportunity. That's up to you. It doesn't matter what "floor" the opportunity is on. What matters is 55 you do with it.Part III Reading prehension（30 marks）APeople do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a similar problem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without thinking. They try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all these methods fail, the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six stages in analyzing a problem. First the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sam’s bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must see that there is a problem with his bicycle.Next the thinker must define the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must find out the reason why it does not work. For instance, he must determine if the problem is with the gears, the brakes, or the frame. He must make his problem more specific. Now the person must look for information that will make the problem clearer and lead to possible solutions. For instance, suppose Sam decided that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the gear wheels. At this time, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about gears. He can talk to his friends at the bike shop. He can look at his gears carefully.After studying the problem, the person should have several suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an illustration. His suggestions might be: put oil on the gear wheels; buy new gear wheels and replace the old ones; tighten or loosen the gear wheels. Eventually one suggestion seems to be the solution to the problem. Sometimes the final idea es very suddenly because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a new way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees that there is a piece of chewing gum between the gear wheels. He immediately realizes the solution to his problem: he must clean the gear wheels.Finally the solution is tested. Sam cleans the gear wheels and finds that afterwards his bicycle works perfectly. In short , he has solved the problem.56. What is the best title for this passage?A. Six Stages for Repairing Sam’s BicycleB. Possible Ways to Problem-solvingC. Necessities of Problem AnalysisD. Suggestions for Analyzing a Problem57. In analyzing a problem we should do all the following except .A. recognize and define the problemB. look for information to make the problem clearerC. have suggestions for a possible solutionD. find a solution by trial or mistake58. By referring to Sam’s broken bicycle, the author intends to _________.A. illustrate the ways to repair his bicycleB. discuss the problems of his bicycleC. tell us how to solve a problemD. show us how to analyze a problem59. Which of the following is NOT true?A. People do not analyze the problem they meet.B. People often accept the opinions or ideas of other people.C. People may learn from their past experience.D. People can not solve some problems they meet.60. As used in the last sentence, the phrase “in short” means _________.A. in the long runB. in detailC. in a wordD. in the endBTurning on the TV, a wonderful scene es to your eyes — a group of men, tall, strong and handsome, and women, young, beautiful and attractive, too. Together they eat in the finest restaurants, traveling everywhere around the world by luxurious planes and pleasure ships. They are models.Do you envy them? What sort of life are models leading? Is it a wonderful life for a young lady or a young man?A few models are well-known actors or actresses who can make a lot of money only by showing themselves off in mercials. But the majority of them are just curious to see what it is like. They’d like to be models just because they are attracted by what they imagine — models earn a lot of money and lead a glorious life. This is true for those who are very successful. However, most models find it difficult to get work. Very few can earn enough to live on, and for all models their expenses are high. Their agents claim about 20% of the earnings, and no model will get very far without a clever agent. Besides, they have to buy good clothing. They also have to pay to travel to interviews and reach the places where the work is to be done.Interviews for a model job are known as cattle-markets in the modeling world, and not without a good reason. A top model can choose his or her work, demand and receive high fees and has his or her expenses paid. But for most models, the situation is quite different. And agent or employer inspects each model much as a farmer inspects cattle at a market. Intelligence, qualifications and personal characteristics count for little against good looks and tight figures. For all except the very few lucky ones, the life of a model is a continual search for work, trying to sell himself or herself in the face of fierce petition and, sometimes, not particularly moral standards on the part of some employers.Immigration officials at airport look suspiciously at a girl whose passport shows her occupation as “Model”, and these are men and women of considerable experience of the world. It es no surprise to find that some models prefer to put “Secretary”or “Businessman” as their jobs in their passports.Modeling is a changeable world with great rewards for a tiny minority but not for the majority.61. For models, their good looks and tight figures are _____________, pared with their intelligence and qualifications.A. more importantB. less neededC. less essentialD. more looked down upon62. Which of the following can lead you to believe according to the passage?A. A model’s traveling expenses are usually paid by his employer.B. To be a model, good looks are the most important qualification.C. Most models have a fairly easy way of life with high pay.D. A model can hardly be successful without a good agent.63. Models often put “Secretary” or “Businessman” instead of “Model” in their passports because __________________.A. they want to avoid being stopped to sign their names by fansB. a person with the occupation of a model is easily attacked by black societiesC. models are sometimes looked down uponD. secretaries and businessmen are free of custom duty64. What may be the author’s attitude towards modeling?A. It is a worthwhile life for a young lady or a young man.B. He is in favor of young people to try modeling.C. Before being crazy about a model job, young people should be aware of the difficulties.D. It is a field in which everyone has a great chance to succeed.65. The underlined word “suspiciously”can most probably be replaced by _________________.A. doubtfullyB. excitedlyC. proudlyD. SadlyCEven better, Paley’s Remote Scanning Services pany could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3, 000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted （排放，散发，发出）by crops. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running “fevers”. Farmers could then spot-spray（现场喷洒）, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would.The bad news is that Paley’s pany c losed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long - term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements（改良，改进）in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. “This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States, ” says George Oerther of Texas A & M. Ray Jackson , who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago.66．Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are______________.A. sprayed with pesticidesB. facing an infrared scannerC. in poor physical conditionD. exposed to excessive sun rays67．In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely, we can use infrared scanning to____________.A. estimate the damage to the cropsB. measure the size of the affected areaC. draw a color-coded mapD. locate the problem area68．Farmers can save a considerable amount of pesticide by______________.A. resorting to spot-sprayingB. consulting infrared scanning expertsC. transforming poisoned rainD. detecting crop problems at an early stage 69．The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties------ .A. the lack of official supportB. its high costC. the lack of financial supportD. its failure to help increase production 70．Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of_____________.A. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produceB. growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on cropsC. the forceful promotion by the Department of AgricultureD. full support from agricultural expertsPart IV Writing (45 marks)Section A ( 10 marks)Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage.Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Loneliness is all about feeling isolated, but it's actually quite mon. In general, there are threedifferent types of loneliness.The first kind of loneliness is temporary. It is the most mon type but usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind,situational loneliness, is a natural result of a particular situation, such as, family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place. Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, it usually does not last for more than a year. The third kind of loneliness is chronic (the opposite of “temporary”). Being the most severe, it usually lasts for more than two years and is often connected with serious illnesses.An important factor in loneliness is a person’s social contacts. Through social contacts, we get emotional support and guidance from our parents and teachers and share similar interests and activities with our friends. However, some lonely people almost make no contacts with people around them and feel apart from those who they supposedly know well. They just see themselves as outsiders. On the other hand, some lonely people may have enough social contacts, but they rarely enjoy the contacts and question their popularity, thinking of themselves as someone powerless. So loneliness is closely related to the quality of those social relationship in addition to the quantity.Loneliness is tough, but something can be done to cope with it. First, take time to accept that you are suffering from loneliness. Then, contact your old friends or visit relatives to spend quality time with others. Besides, pick up a hobby to reduce your feelings of loneliness, such as taking up needle work, joining craft classes, or attending lectures. You can also beat loneliness by volunteering at a nursing home, hospital, church or pet rescue organization. This not only helps you get in touch with people from all walks of life, but also makes you feel good about yourself.In a word, if you take a correct attitude towards loneliness and get involved with people around you, you are sure to get over it.Section B ( 10 marks)Directions : Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passageNo marriage is a breeze by any stretch of the imagination. When you take two people and make them live under one roof, there are going to be problems. Make one of them a man and the other a woman, and you can multiply those problems by ten!When trouble appears in a marriage, most people choose to simply walk away from the marriage. Because not many people have the qualities—selflessness, responsibility, mitment, loyalty—that a marriage requires any more. So you should first be congratulated on trying to do something to save your marriage, like I did.I believe my story is similar to yours. My husband’s interest and attraction in me had gradually gone away. I sensed a divorce ing—but still, when I heard it, I was pletely shocked and I was doubtful about it. I immediately went wild with desperation since I didn’t want a divorce. I did my fair share of the wrong things—such as trying to talk him out of it, crying and then begging. Of course, those didn’t work.But today I am still with my husband and things couldn’t be better! So what made this change?It was a realization on my part that I wasn’t in the best state of mind to really e up with ways which really save a marriage. When you are desperate, your judgment is not clear and your mind is filled with intense emotions, which replace your rationality (合理性) and force you into doing the wrong things.To be able to change my fortunes, I changed my mindset (心态) first. And this is what you have to do. You have to quit the begging, cry or apologize mindset, and enter the careful, calm and considerate mindset. This is what saves marriages—not a “quick fix” that will repair everything overnight!1. How do most people deal with the problems in a marriage at the beginning?(no more than 7 words)_____________________________________2. List some good qualities that a good couple should have.(no more than 6 words)_____________________________________3. Why did the author go wild with desperation when she sensed a divorce ing? (no more than 7 words)_____________________________________4. What is the author’s secret of saving her marriage?(no more than 10 words)_____________________________________Section C (25 marks)Directions : Write an English position according to the instructions given below常德市一中xx高三年级第三次月考答案（Nov 1，xx）听力填空（7.5 marks）16. hunting forest 17. boating and swimming 18. 274 acres19. an open-air theatre 20. 25000/twenty-five thousand完型填空 Section C （12 marks）48 without 49 others 50 a 51 alone52 if 53 as 54 not 55 whatPart IV Writing (45 marks)Section A （10 marks）71: Types / Kinds 72: no special attention73: causing physical problems 74: Chronic loneliness75: people’s social contacts 76: outsiders77: social relationship quality 78: Suggestions/Tips/Advice79: friends or relatives80: Work as volunteers/Do volunteering/Do voluntary workSection B81. Simply walking away from the marriage.82. Selflessness, responsibility, mitment and loyalty.83. Because she didn’t want a divorce.84. Having a mindset of being careful, calm and considerate.One Possible version:The day that we had been looking forward to came at last. Our school sports meeting was being held today October 22nd,xx , The weather was so fine, with the blazing sun shining in the sky. All of us were in high spirits . More than 1704 athletes participate in the petition , making up 60% of the total number. There are 13 games and 1 interesting sport for them to pete in.It made us very excited to watch our teachers run with great enthusiasm and immense efforts in 50 meter race and all of our eyes were fixed on the 4 * 200 three-legged race , which inspired us a lot and encouraged us to be more co-operative and united as one .You know ,’ United ,we stand , divided we fall.’。
