湖南省邵阳二中2019届高三英语上学期第六次月考试题2019020101111.doc

1、1邵阳市二中 2019 届高三第六次月考试卷英 语本试题卷共 8 页。时量 120 分钟。满分 150 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. Why cant the woman go to the post office? A. It isnt open today.B. She doesnt have enough ti

2、me.C. The man cant give her directions.2. How does the woman feel about her weekend? A. Very pleased. B. Somewhat bored. C. Extremely disappointed.3. What does the man want to buy? A. A bike. B. A lock. C. A camera.4. What does the man think is the best way of inviting guests? A. In person. B. By ma

3、il. C. Online.5. What is the woman concerned about the most? A. Spending less money. B. Buying unusual flowers. C. Getting something conveniently.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，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

4、读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What does the woman recommend? A. Visiting many museums.B. Buying a one-week subway pass.C. Waiting in line for subway tickets.7. Why is the woman surprised that the man studied art history? A. He works in a bank.B. She studied art history as well.C. He doesnt make art very

5、 often.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What city did the man fly into? A. Seattle. B. Phoenix. C. New Orleans.9. How does the man feel about the airline? 2A. A little angry. B. Pretty content. C. Very disappointed.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why does the man congratulate the woman? A. She got a new job. B. She

6、 bought a new car. C. She passed her driving test.11. What day does the conversation take place? A. On Sunday. B. On Saturday. C. On Friday.12. What does the woman care about the most? A. Her cars price. B. Her cars safety. C. Her cars appearance.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What did the man drink bef

7、ore the meeting? A. Tea. B. Water. C. Coffee.14. What does the man probably do? A. Hes a banker. B. Hes a lawyer. C. Hes a real estate agent.15. What type of loan does the man want to get? A. A business loan. B. A school loan. C. A home loan.16. When will the woman call the man? A. By the end of nex

8、t week.B. After she calls his family and friends.C. After she talks with the senior officer.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long is the library open on weekends? A. For 4 hours. B. For 10 hours. C. For 12 hours.18. What time do the library meetings end? A. At 10:00 a.m. B. At 10:30 a.m. C. At 11:00

9、a.m.19. When will students be able to check out class books electronically? A. Immediately. B. Before winter break. C. Starting in the spring.20. What does the speaker talk about in the end? A. Hiring someone for a job. B. Using the reservation system. C. Doing research in the library.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节

10、，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。 A3A Language Programme for TeenagersWelcome to Teenagers Abroad! We invite you to join us on an amazing journey of language learning.Our CoursesRegardless of your choice of course, youll develop your language

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13、urrent language skills. The majority of them take on online language test before starting their programme. However, if this is not available, students sit the exam on the first Monday of their course.Learning materials are provided to students throughout their course, and there will never be more th

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16、 you let us know of any allergies or dietary requirements as well as information about any medicines you take. Depending on the type of allergies and/ or dietary requirements, an extra charge may be made for providing special food.21. How does Intensive Course differ from Standard Course?A. It focus

17、es on speaking. B. It is less effective.C. It includes extra lessons. D. It gives you confidence22. Before starting their programme, students are expected to .A. report their language level. B. have an online 4interview.C. prepare learning materials. D. take a language test.23. With the full package

18、, the programme organizer is supposed to_.A. inform students of their full flight details B. look after students throughout the programmeC. offer students free sightseeing trips D. collect students luggage in advanceBWhen her grandmothers health began to worsen last autumn, Mary would make the drive

19、 from Washington, DC to Winchester, VA every few days.She hated highway driving, finding it ugly and boring. She preferred to take winding country roads to her grandmothers hospital. When she drove through the rocky town of Harpers Ferry, the beauty of the rough waters was always appealing to her.To

20、ward the end of her journey, Mary had to get on highway 81. It was here that she discovered a surprising bit of beauty during one of her trips. Along the shoulder of the highway, there was a long stretch of wild flowers. They were thin and delicate and purple, and moved back and forth in the wind as

21、 if whispering poems to each other.The first time she saw the flowers, Mary was seized by an uncontrollable urge to pull over on the highway and pull a bunch from the soil. She carried them into her grandmothers room when she arrived at the hospital and placed them in a vase by her bed.For a moment

22、her grandmother seemed more lucid（清醒的）than usual. She thanked Mary for the flowers, commented on their beauty and asked where she had gotten them. Mary was overjoyed by the ability of the flowers to wake something up inside her sick grandmother.Afterwards, Mary began carrying scissors in the car dur

23、ing her trips to visit her grandmother. She would quickly glide onto the shoulder, jump out of the car, and clip a bunch of flowers. Each time Mary placed the flowers in the vase, her grandmothers eyes would light up and they would have a splendid conversation.One morning in late October, Mary got a

24、 call that her grandmother had taken a turn for the worse. Mary was in such a hurry to get to her grandmother that she sped past her flower spot. She decided to turn around, head several miles back, and cut a bunch.Mary arrived at the hospital to find her grandmother very weak and unresponsive. She

25、placed the flowers in the vase and sat down to hold her grandmothers hand. She felt a squeeze on her fingers. It was the last conversation they had.24. Mary preferred to take country roads to the hospital because she could 5_.A. pick wild flowers for her grandmother. B. spend less time driving to th

26、e destination.C. enjoy the natural view along the roads D. get on highway 81 more easily25. When Mary placed the flowers by her grandmothers bed, her grandmother _.A. commented on Marys beauty B. came alive at the sight of the flowersC. was overjoyed by the flowers D. was curious about the type of t

27、he flowers26. From the passage, we know that _.A. Mary discovered the wild flowers along the country roadsB. Marys grandmother had passed away before she arrived at the hospitalC. Mary headed several miles back because she sped past the hospital D. Marys last conversation with her grandmother was a

28、silent one27. What does the passage convey to us?A. Flowers have the magic to cure diseases.B. Love has no beginning or ending.C. Beauty in nature can be powerful.D. Life is as beautiful as summer flowers. CI heard a story recently about a friends former boss. When employees would go into this perso

29、ns office to discuss something like a pay rise or promotion, the boss had a habit of greeting their request with silence. Quiet，tense seconds went slowly by, and theyd often leave, willing to take a pay cut or demotion(降职) anything to end the terrible silence.Embarrassing silences can be unbearable.

30、 In 2017, a study found that silence in a talk starts to be unbearable after about four seconds. Theres so much uncertainty in the air as those silent seconds went slowly by. Did I say something wrong? Does this person hate me? Am I going to get fired? But its worth remembering that if you dont know

31、 what to say or do, there is always the choice to do nothing. Uncomfortable silences arent necessarily a bad thing, depending on how you use them.For example, Katie Donovan is a supporter of the awkward-silence negotiating technique. As she said, “The first step is to be silent or shut up!”If ,for e

32、xample, you are offered a starting salary of $40,000 when you know that the median salary for this position is $48,000, you can say something like this,“ Thank you for the offer. Im a little surprised about the salary, though. Based on my research I would have expected it to be in the $50,000 range.

33、”Its a good start; there is no phrase more quietly deadly in the business world than “Im a little surprised“. But it only works if you say thisand 6then say nothing. During this pause, Donovan explains, the hiring manager is likely trying to work out how serious you are and how much more to offer. “

34、Remember,” Donovan writes, “ the hiring manager most likely will increase the salary during the meeting.”28. What would the employees often do when they met with the bosss silence?A. Keep silent. B. Fight back. C. Get angry. D. Give in.29. What does the author say about silence in Paragraph 2?A. It

35、is a basic part of communication. B. It gives people time for themselves.C. You dont have to break it all the time. D. The meaning of it varies among people.30. What does the underlined word “median” mean in Paragraph 3?A. Average B Highest. C. Final D. Starting31 What should you do after saying “Im

36、 a little surprised”?A. Give up your request. B. Keep silent for a whileC. Avoid making eye contact D. Continue to give your reasonsDResearchers say they have developed technology that could predict heart attacks years before they happen. They report using mathematical systems to examine CT images o

37、f a patients heart. A CT scan uses X-rays and a computer to make detailed pictures of bones, organs and other tissue inside the body.The new method was developed by researchers at the University of Oxford in England. A report on their study was published in the medical journal The Lancet. Also takin

38、g part in the study were teams from Germany and the US.Most heart attacks result from a build-up of fatty tissue inside arteries（动脉）that carry blood from the heart to other areas of the body, thus blocking this flow of blood and causing a heart attack.Currently, doctors use CT scans to learn when a

39、sticky substance called plaque has already built up inside an artery. The new technology is designed to predict which arteries are at risk for future buildup.The researchers reported using computers to examine CT scans to measure how much fat is present around heart arteries. That fat changes when a

40、n artery becomes affected, serving as an early warning system for heart attacks.Charalambos, a professor at Oxford University, said he believes the research shows this method could be very effective in getting patients to take early steps to prevent future problems, adding that researchers had yet t

41、o estimate exactly how many heart attacks could be prevented. But he said he believes the technique could help identify between 20 to 30 percent of people at risk of having one.He added that the new technology will make such predictions easier because it works together with existing CT technology. T

42、he research was based on two large, independent studies of 4,000 patients in Germany, and the US. A company 7with ties to Oxford University is developing a service to examine CT scans of patients around the world, Reuters reported.32. Whats the aim of the new technology?A. To predict ways to block f

43、atty issues in heart arteries.B. To provide detailed pictures of how arteries work.C. To decide which arteries are likely to have fat built up.D. To build computer models of the image of a heart.33. When does a heart attack generally happen according to the text?A. When fat around heart arteries blo

44、cks the flow of blood. B. When the CT scan affects the flow of blood in the heart.C. When a sticky material flows into an artery near the heart.D. When bones and organs of the body begin to be weak.34. What is an early warning for heart attacks?A. A change of fat happening around heart arteries.B. T

45、he finding of a sticky material in the blood.C. The presence of fat around the bones and organs.D. The aging and failure of arteries near the heart.35. Whats the main idea of the text?A. The harm of fat build-up to heart arteries.B. Research into the early warning of heart attacks.C. The use of CT s

46、cans to prevent of heart attacks.D. The warning the body gives about heart attacks.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。How to Turn Your Goals into HabitsFirst we make our habits, then our habits make us. Its such a simple concept, yet its something we dont always do.

47、I believe that having ONE goal to focus on is much more powerful than having many goals. By putting the belief into practice, I have achieved a lot of personal goals over time. 36 My answer takes a little explaining. I try to turn my goals into habits, and in doing so, I put my goals on autopilot. T

48、urning a goal into a habit means really focusing on it for at least a month. The more you can focus, the more itll be on autopilot.37 Youll still do it, but you only have to use minimal force to maintain it, and you can focus on your next goal or habit.Take my marathon goal as an example. I was just starting running and had the brilliant idea to run a marathon within a year. So that was my goal. 38 First, I had to make running a daily habit. Second, I had to report to people in order to have accountability (负责) so that I could not quit easily. I focused on the daily running habit for abo