1、2015届江西省南昌市八一中学高三 8月月考英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 There is no such thing as a hard rule when it comes to leadership. There are generally accepted principles that, when studied and applied, are believed to be helpful in improving ones leadership skills. People become more willing to work if they feel important.
2、Effective leaders help their organizations members develop their self-esteem. You can do this by paying more attention to them and expressing your interest in their opinions every time you converse. The key here is being sincere and expressing your appreciation through the smallest gestures. Members
3、 of an organization are more able to adapt to changes if there is a specific plan of action laid out. Planning is crucial in effective leadership because it provides the organization with a concrete direction and identifiable (可识别的 ) means to achieve its goals. As a leader, you should initiate (开始 )
4、 planning and make an effort in communicate those plans as clearly as possible to your members. This will strengthen your members decision-making skills and allow for effective delegation. A highly motivating work environment is undoubtedly a productive one. The organization benefits the most when i
5、ts members are continuously motivated to work for and with it. You can provide deserving members with public recognition even through a simple mention of their names and accomplishments. Offering challenges that allow your members to grow is a brilliant way to motivate them to be more competitive. Y
6、ou can hand out incentives such as bonuses or promotions to high-performing members so that your members will have something to look forward to in exchange for job well done. These three principles are all important in improving your leadership skills. But they are not enough. The success of your le
7、adership will ultimately depend on the way you recognize your organizations needs and how you can adapt your leadership style to those needs. Only you can tell what “good” leadership is for your organization. Likewise, its only you who can determine how you can become a “good” leader. 【小题 1】 What is
8、 the main idea of the passage ( no more than 8 words) 【小题 2】 According to Paragraph 2, how can leaders develop employees self- esteem ( no more than 13 words) 【小题 3】 Why is planning so important in leadership ( no more than 13 words) 【小题 4】 List three methods to motivate employees as a leader. ( no
9、more than 10 words) 【小题 5】 What is the key to success in leadership ( no more than 13 words) 答案：【小题 1】 Three essential principles to improve leadership skills. 【小题 2】 By paying more attention to them and expressing interest in their opinions. 【小题 3】 Because it offers a concrete direction and identif
10、iable means to achieve goals. 【小题 4】 Providing public recognition, offering challenges and handing out incentives. 【小题 5】 Recognising organizations needs and adapting your leadership style to those needs. 试题分析： 【小题 1】倒数第二段是文章的核心部分。提到改善领导技能的三原则。所以本文的大意是 Three essential principles to improve leadershi
11、p skills. 【小题 2】第二段，如何培养员工的自尊心。根据 You can do this by paying more attention to them and expressing your interest in their opinions every time you converse. 可知，关注他们，每次和他们谈话时，都应该表达对他们提出的观点很有兴趣。所以答案：是 By paying more attention to them and expressing interest in their opinions. 【小题 3】根据文章第三段 Planning is c
12、rucial in effective leadership because it provides the organization with a concrete direction and identifiable (可识别的 ) means to achieve its goals.可知，计划至关重要是因为他让这个组织有一个具体的方向和为了达到目标而采取的方法。所以回答 Because it offers a concrete direction and identifiable means to achieve goals. 【小题 4】文章倒数第三段指出，作为领导激励员工的三个方法
13、是：公开表扬认可； 发出挑战和分发奖励。所以答案：是： Providing public recognition, offering challenges and handing out incentives. 【小题 5】文章最后一段提到，成功领导的关键在于承认组织的需要并使自己的领导风格适应这些需求。所以答案：是： Recognising organizations needs and adapting your leadership style to those needs。 考点：任务型阅读。 单项选择 * - Would you mind passing me my glasses
14、I cant make out the words in the letter. - _. A Yes, please. B No, never mind. C With pleasure. D Thats OK. 答案： C The girl is a student at Oxford University, _ for a degree in English literature. A studied B studying C to have studied D to be studying 答案： B 试题分析：句意：这个女孩是英国牛津大学的学生，正在攻读英国文学的学位。这里是用 st
15、udying表主动和伴随； studied表被动； to have studied是动词不定式的完成式，表示动作已发生； to be studying是动词不定式的进行式，表示动作正在发生。这里 study的逻辑主语是句子的主语是 the girl， studying是动词的 -ing形式做状语表伴随动作。故选 B。 考点：考查非谓语动词。 I got the story from Tom and _ people who had worked with him. A every other B many others C some other D other than 答案： C 试题分析：
16、句意：我是从 Tom和其它一些和他在一起工作过的人那里知道这件事的。 A. every other每隔一个；后常跟单数可数名词； B. many others许多其它；others后一般不再跟名词，这里有 people，所以排除 B； C. some other一些其它的； D. other than除了，不同于。结合语境可知，选 C。 考点：考查代词。 It was with great joy _ the father received the news that his long-lost son had been found. A because B while C since D t
17、hat 答案： D 试题分析：句意：怀着巨大的喜悦这位父亲接到消息称，他失踪很久的儿子被找到了。 A. because因为； B. while表对比、当 的时候； C. since自从； D. that与前面的 It was构成强调句式，这里强调了状语 with great joy。其它不符合语境。故选 D。 考点：考查强调句式。 _that Marie was able to set up new branches elsewhere. A So successful her business was B So successful was her business C So her bus
18、iness was successful D So was her successful business 答案： B 试题分析：句意： Marie的生意如此成功以至于她得以在其它地方新的分支机构。sothat 结构中的 so+形容词或者副词位于句首时，句子要倒装。这里 So successful位于句首，所以名词短语 her business放在了谓语动词 was之后构成了全部倒装。其它选项的顺序都不符合英语的习惯表达。故选 B。 考点：考查倒装。 _ the governments record on unemployment, their chances of winning the e
19、lection look poor. A Given B To give C Giving D Having given 答案： A 试题分析：句意： A. Given考虑到； B. To give动词，表将来、表目的； C. Giving 表主动、进行； D. Having given表完成。考虑到政府的关于失业问题的记录，他们在选举中获胜的机会十分渺茫。故选 A。 考点：考查非谓语动词。 _ he misunderstood my position on the question is obvious from his remarks. A What B How C That D Whic
20、h 答案： C 试题分析：句意：他误解了我在这个问题上的立场从他的言论中显而易见。 A. What在名词性从句中做主语或宾语、表语； B. How在从句中做状语； C. That在从句中只起连接作用，不做成分； D. Which在名词性从句中表哪一个。 he misunderstood my position on the question不缺主语和宾语，结合句意也不需要状语和 which的含义，所以排除其他选 C。 考点：考查主语从句的疑问词 。 -Did you enjoy your holiday in Hawaii - Yes, but I would rather you _ the
21、re too. A went B had gone C should go D would have gone 答案： B 试题分析：句意：你在夏威夷的假期过得好吗？是的，我想你要是去了多好呀。A. went 是 go的过去式； B. had gone 是 go的过去完成式； C. should go 情态动词跟动词原形； D. would have gone情态动词跟动词的完成式。 would rather后跟从句时，谓语动词用过去完成时形式表达虚拟语气。故选 B。 考点：考查动词时态。 _ we admit that there are some problems with the new
22、 system, we believe they can be solved. A Until B While C As D Unless 答案： B The degree _ the company is able to cope with the uncertainty of the future is worth studying. A of how B to that C to which D on which 答案： C 试题分析：句意：这个公司能应对未来的不确定性的程度是值得研究的。 to the degree表示所能达到的程度。介词 to后用 which代指先行词做宾语。故选 C
23、。 考点：考查定语从句的用法。 Without professional training, you may _ lots of bad habits when learning to play the piano. A give up B catch up C keep up D pick up 答案： D 试题分析：句意：没有专业的培训，在学习弹钢琴时，你可能会很容易养成很多坏习惯。 A. give up放弃； B. catch up赶上； C. keep up 保持； D. pick up拾起、很容易地学会；故选 D。 考点：考查动词短语。 Mandy _ adoption since
24、her sons death, but her husband didnt agree with her. A has considered B has been considering C is going to consider D had considered 答案： D 试题分析：句意：她儿子死后， Mandy考虑过收养，但是她的丈夫不同意。根据后面的动词形式和句意可知，前面的句子应该是过去完成时， A. has considered现在完成时； B. has been considering现在完成进行时； C. is going to consider一般将来时； D. had c
25、onsidered过去完成时。 didnt agree说明动作发生在过去，所以在过去之前发生的事用过去完成时，故选 D。 考点：考查动词时态。 -What do you think of her new book - There is nothing special about it. I mean it is just_. A average B usual C normal D strange 答案： A 试题分析：句意：你认为她的新书怎么样？没有什么特殊的地方。我的意思是水平一般。 A. average平均的； B. usual通常的； C. normal正常的； D. strange奇
26、怪的。故选 A。 考点：考查形容词。 According to a recent study, women are _ to suffer from stomach cancer as men. A twice more likely B twice as likely C more likely twice D as twice likely 答案： B 试题分析：句意：根据最近的一项研究表明，女性比男性得胃癌的可能性高两倍。后面有 as可知，前面也应该有 as。无论是哪一种比较方式，都是先说倍数，然后在用 asas ；或者比较级 +than；或者 the+名词 +of ；故选 B。 考点：
27、考查形容词倍数的表达。 The girl was at _ loss when _ word came that she had been disqualified from the speech competition. A a; B a; the C the; the D ; 答案： A 试题分析：句意：那女孩很茫然当她被口语比赛取消资格的消息传来。 at a loss 是固定搭配，意为：茫然；当 word意为 “消息 ”的意思时，是不可数名词。所以word前不能用冠词。故选 A。 考点：考查冠词。 完型填空 That Christmas Eve, the streets of Bosto
28、n were crowded with people dressed in wool and flannel(法兰绒 ). “Jingle Bells” was playing in stores. Everyone, it seemed, was _ by someone else smiling or _ I was alone. The eldest of a Puerto Rican family of 11 children growing up in one of New Yorks _ apartment. Id spent much of my life _ solitude(
29、独处 ). Now, _, at 27, was enduring the last break-up of a seven-year relationship. Every part of me wanted to be _, but not at Christmas. My family had returned to Puerto Rico, and my _ were involved in their own lives. Dusk was falling, and the unavoidable return to my _apartment brought tears to my
30、 eyes. I stopped at the local market, feeling even more_ when I saw all the people there filling their baskets with gifts. I _ my family, my friends and the noisy parties at home, filled with laughter and dancing. I wanted to cry for having wanted to be alone and for having _ it. In front of the chu
31、rch down the street, a manger(马槽 ) had been set up, with Mary, Joseph, and the barn animals in _ the arrival of baby Jesus. As I walked home, I _ that the story of Joseph and Mary wandering from door to door seeking shelter was much like my own. Leaving Puerto Rico was still a _in my soul and I was
32、struggling with whom I had become in my 15 years in the United States. Id mourned my losses, _for the first time, I recognized what Id gained. I was _, and educated and healthy. My life was still before me, full of _.Sometimes the best _ is the one you give yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself cr
33、edit _ Id accomplished so far and permission to go _ unafraid. It was the best gift Ive ever received, the one that I most treasure. 【小题1】 A chosen B bothered C allowed D accompanied A working B laughing C studying D thinking A crowded B expensive C cheerful D large A looking for B looking at C look
34、ing through D looking over A finally B easily C quickly D likely A patient B strict C alone D private A friends B dreams C guests D customers A beautiful B interesting C clean D empty A pleased B upset C surprised D curious A hated B loved C missed D forgot A achieved B refused C preferred D offered
35、 A search B expectation C position D control A imagined B sighed C realized D expressed A effort B belief C wound D wish A but B so C because D though A excited B independent C ordinary D worthless A desires B possibilities C ideals D advantages A gift B lesson C purpose D memory A on B in C at D fo
36、r A upward B down C around D Forward 答案：【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 C 【小题 7】 A 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 B 【小题 10】 C 【小题 11】 A 【小题 12】 B 【小题 13】 C 【小题 14】 C 【小题 15】 A 【小题 16】 B 【小题 17】 B 【小题 18】 A 【小题 19】 D 【小题 20】 D 试题分析：有没有试过一个人在外过春节的感受？这篇文章的作者，分享了他独自在外过圣诞节的经历和感受。有时候，最好的礼物不是那些你梦寐以求的东
37、西，而是你在内心给自己的赞许和肯定，这才是最好的最珍惜的礼物。 【小题 1】考查动词及对语境的理解。 A. chosen选择； B. bothered打扰； C. allowed允许； D. accompanied陪伴。似乎每个人都有人陪伴，故选 D。 【小题 2】考查动词及对语境的理解。 A. working工作； B. laughing大笑； C. studying学习； D. thinking思考。似乎每个人都有人陪伴，脸上绽放出幸福的笑容。这里用 laughing和前面的 smiling搭配符合语境。故选 B。 【小题 3】考查形容词及对语境的理解。 A. crowded拥挤的； B.
38、 expensive昂贵的； C. cheerful快乐的； D. large大的。作为波多黎各家族中 11个孩子的长子，生长在纽约的一个拥挤的公寓。一个家族有 11个孩子，当然应该选 crowded，故选 A。 【小题 4】考查动词及对语境的理解。 A. looking for寻找； B. looking at看； C. looking through浏览； D. looking over检查，察看；从 上面看；原谅。从语境看，一个大家庭，所以我一直在寻找一个人独处的机会更合理，故选 A。 【小题 5】考查副词及对语境的理解。 A. finally终 于； B. easily容易地； C.
39、quickly快速地； D. likely很可能。此时此刻，终于，这个 27岁的大学生，在结束了一段 7年的恋情之后得到了他想要的孤独，可他却怎么也高兴不起来。故选 A。 【小题 6】考查形容词及对语境的理解 A. patient耐心的； B. strict严格的； C. alone一个人； D. private私人的。句意：我想一个人静一静，但不是在圣诞节。故选 C。 【小题 7】考查名词及对语境的理解 A. friends朋友； B. dreams梦想； C. guests客人； D. customers顾客。前面提到：我的家人已经返回了波多黎各，所以这里说我的朋友们都忙于自己的生活。故选
40、 A。 【小题 8】考查形容词及对语境的理解 A. beautiful漂亮的； B. interesting有意思的； C. clean干净的； D. empty空的。天色晚了，想到要回去那空落落的宿舍，眼泪就不争气 的冒了出来。故选 D。 【小题 9】考查形容词及对语境的理解 A. pleased高兴的； B. upset心烦的； C. surprised吃惊的； D. curious好奇的。我在集市边停下脚步，看到人们往篮子 里装着礼物，心中感到更加郁闷。故选 B。 【小题 10】考查动词及对语境的理解 A. hated恨； B. loved爱； C. missed 想念；D. forgo
41、t忘记。我想念起家人、朋友和家里热热闹闹的聚会，充满了笑声和舞蹈。节日时会令人思念亲人。故选 C。网 【小题 11】考查动词及对语境的理解 A. achieved 获得、实现； B. refused 拒绝；C. preferred更喜欢； D. offered提供。我得到了想要的孤独，却忍不住要落下泪来。故选 A。 【小题 12】考查名词及对语境的理解 A. search寻找； B. expectation期待； C. position位置； D. control控制、管理。在街道尽头的教堂前，布置好了一条马槽，玛丽、约瑟夫和马厩里的动物们都在期待着午夜的到来，期待着耶稣降临。故选 B。 科【
42、小题 13】考查动词及对语境的理解 A. imagined想象； B. sighed叹息； C. realized意识到； D. expressed表达。在回家路上，我意识到约瑟夫和玛丽挨家挨户寻求庇护的故事就如同我自己的经历。故选 C。 【小题 14】考查名词及对语境的理解 A. effort努力； B. belief信念； C. wound伤痛； D. wish 愿望。离开波多黎各始终是我心头难以化解的痛楚，我一直在想，15年的美国生活让我变成了一个什么样的人。带入四个选项分析可知，选 C。 【小题 15】考查并列连词及对语境的理解 A. but但是； B. so因此； C. becaus
43、e因为； D. though虽然。我本应为我所失去的感到难过。但我第一次认识到我获得了什么。故选 A。 【小题 16】考查形容词及对语境的理解 A. excited激动的； B. independent独立的； C. ordinary平凡的； D. worthless一文不值的。我是一个独立的、受过良好教育的、健康的青年。结合前面的家人、朋友离开，和女朋友分手可知，我现在成了一个人。故选 B。 【小题 17】考查名词及对语境的理解 A. desires心愿、欲望； B. possibilities可能性； C. ideals理想； D. advantages优势。我的生活道路就在我的脚下，充满
44、了无尽的可能性。未来什么都有可能发生。故选 B。 【小题 18】考查名词及对语境的理解 A. gift礼物； B. lesson 课； C. purpose目的； D. memory记忆。有 时候，最好的礼物是你送给自己的礼物。故选 A。 【小题 19】考查介词及对语境的理解 A. on关于； B. in在 内； C. at在； D. for因为。那个圣诞节，我送给自己的是肯定和许诺，肯定自己过去的努力，许诺自己将不惧一切，奋勇向前。 give credit for 意思是：相信某人有 。故选 D。 【小题 20】考查副词及对语境的理解 A. upward向上； B. down向下； C. a
45、round大约，到处； D. forward向前。许诺自己将不惧一切，奋勇向前。故选 D。 考点：故事类阅读。 阅读理解 I was diagnosed with cancer in September 2005, after discovering a small lump in my neck. All seemed well after the lump had been removed. However, a follow-up blood test revealed that the cancer had spread. I underwent chemotherapy(化疗 ),
46、and within four months I lost nearly 20kg, all my hair and energy. I got a tentative all-clear(解除警报 )two days after my 28 the birthday. To me, it signaled a new start, and I couldnt wait to get on with my life. The doctors told me that it would be months before I could get back to my old activity le
47、vels, but I just didnt want to accept this. I wanted to be normal again now, not in six months. So I started by simply walking around Edinburgh. Each day I would get home four or five hours later feeling like I had run a marathon. After less than six weeks, I half-ran, half-crawled up Arthurs Seat i
48、n Edinburgh. I spent the next couple of days in bed recovering, but soon after that I was back in the gym. My diet had never been great before I fell ill - I was a real vegetable-phobe(厌恶蔬菜的人 )， and to some extent I still am. Nowadays, though, I make myself eat more natural foods. I have discovered that a good blender and a slow-cooker help make foods I dont like bearable. When one suffers a physical setback, emotional support from
