1、1山西省太原市第五中学 2019 届高三英语上学期 10 月月考试题(考试时间：120 分钟 试卷满分：150 分)注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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
2、所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。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。 例：How much is the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是 C。 1. What will James do tomorrow?A. Watch a TV program. B. Give a talk. C. Write a report.2. What can we say about the woman?A. Shes generous. B. Shes curious. C. Shes helpful.
3、3. When does the train leave?A. At 6:30. B. At 8:30. C. At 10:30.4. How does the woman go to work?A. By car. B. On foot. C. By bike.5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Doctor and patient.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
4、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。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 does the woman regret?A. Giving up her research. B. Dropping out of college. C. Changing her major.7. What is the woman interested in studying now?A. Ecology. B. Education. C.
5、Chemistry.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What is the man?A. A hotel manager. B. A tour guide. C. A taxi driver.9. What is the man doing for the woman?A. Looking for some local foods.B. Showing her around the seaside.C. Offering information about a hotel.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where does the conversation
6、probably take place?A. In an office. B. At home. C. At a restaurant.11. What will the speakers do tomorrow evening?A. Go to a concert. B. Visit a friend. C. Work extra hours.12. Who is Alice going to call?A. Mike. B. Joan. C. Catherine.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Why does the woman meet the man?A. To
7、 look at an apartment. B. To deliver some furniture. C. To have a meal together.14. What does the woman like about the carpet?A. Its color. B. Its design. C. Its quality.15. What does the man say about the kitchen? A. Its a good size. B. Its newly painted. C. Its adequately equipped.16. What will th
8、e woman probably do next?A. Go downtown. B. Talk with her friend. C. Make payment.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Who is the speaker probably talking to?A. Movie fans. B. News reporters. C. College students.18. When did the speaker take English classes?A. Before he left his hometown. B. After he came to
9、 America.C. When he was 15 years old.19. How does the speaker feel about his teacher?2A. Hes proud. B. Hes sympathetic. C. Hes grateful.20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. How education shaped his life. B. How his language skills improved.C. How he managed his business well.3第二部分 阅读理解（共两节
10、，满分 60 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A21. Where would you probably see these three commercials?A. On a website. B. In a department store. C. In a magazine. D. In a convenience store.22. What do these three products have in common?A. They are all available only at
11、 Best Buy.B. They are all black in color.C. They can all be used to deal with pet hair.D. They can all be operated via a smartphone app.23. If you decide to buy a Bagless Cordless Hand Vac next week, how much money will it cost you?A. $99. B. $48. C. $65. D. $41.6.BWilliam Cary said he has learned t
12、o appreciate small victories with his 17-year-old son Ben, who has autism and doesnt speak, so he choked up while describing how proud he was when Ben buttoned his pants for the very first time after going to the bathroom. But one victory that Ben achieved long ago was surfing. Since the age of six,
13、 he has been participating in Surfers Healing surf camps for children with autism.The annual event returned recently to Tourmaline Surf Park in California. More than 150 children took turns riding the waves with 15 professional surfers as well as a small group of volunteers. Ben could hardly wait to
14、 get in the water with surfer Graham. Within minutes of hitting the sand, Ben mounted a long board (冲浪板) and Graham gently pushed him out into the thigh-high surf. Graham, who has an 11-year-old son with autism, said hes seen firsthand how children immediately transform when theyre rolling in the oc
15、ean waves.Surfers Healing was started 20 years ago by surfer Izzy Paskowitz and his wife, Danielle. One day while in Hawaii, their son Isaiah had a meltdown (情绪失控) on the beach and Izzy tried to distract the boy by tossing him into the waves. Suddenly, the boys anger was replaced by smiles and wonde
16、r, and Surfers Healing was born. Each year, the foundation hosts 25 camps around the world serving more than 5,000 autistic children, ranging in age from 3 to 25. About half of the group participating recently was new to the sport. Paskowitz said the ocean has a healing power on people with autism.
17、The rhythm of the waves calms them, and the sounds, sights, textures and temperatures create such a sensory overload (负荷) that it forces the mind to focus. Many of the children arriving at the beach initially covered 4their ears from the crash of the waves, but gradually these sensitivities disappea
18、red. One teen camper who traveled with her mom from Arizona wouldnt get out of the car for more than an hour. Finally, she was coaxed (哄骗) to take a brief ten-minute ride in the knee-high waves on a body board. As she returned to shore, a volunteer awarded her a small trophy for participation. 24. W
19、hat was most probably the reason why Cary choked up?A. He was proud that his son was a good surfer.B. He achieved a small victory.C. He took pride in his autistic son learning to take care of himself.D. He was too surprised to see his autistic son button his own pants.25. Which of the following stat
20、ements is true?A. Ben has suffered from autism since he was six.B. Around 150 people took part in the recent surfing event in Tourmaline Surf Park.C. Autistic people usually range in age from 3 to 25.D. Surfing is so stimulating to our senses that it forces autistic children to focus.26. How did Sur
21、fers Healing come into being?A. It was initiated 20 years ago by a foundation.B. A boy went crazy on the beach of Hawaii two decades ago.C. Surfer Izzy Paskowitz and his wife realized the healing effects of surfing 20 years ago.D. Surfer Izzy Paskowitzs son was cured of autism by surfing two decades
22、 ago.27. What is the best title for the passage?A. From Chaos to Peace B. Surfing Washes Away Autism SymptomsC. The Surfers Club D. Transforming Powers of SurfingC“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said each time I faced disappointment or even depression. “If you carry on, one day, somethi
23、ng good will happen. And youll realize that it wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”Mother was right, but I didnt realize that until I graduated from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio and then work my way up to be a sports announcer. I hitchhiked (搭顺风
24、车) to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every time. In one studio, a kind lady told me that in most cases, big stations couldnt risk hiring an inexperienced person. “Go out in the remote areas and find a small station thatll give you a chance,” she said. I went bac
25、k home to Dixon, Illinois.While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me.But I wasn
26、t hired. My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt for jobs. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.As I left his o
27、ffice, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he cant get a job in a radio station?” I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he stood me befor
28、e a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game. The preceding autumn, my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute boost to that play, and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturdays game!On my way home, as I have had many times since, I thought
29、 of my mothers words, “If you carry on, one day, something good will happen. It wouldnt have happened if not for that previous disappointment.” 28. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The author graduated from college in the 1930s.B. The authors dream job was a sports announcer.C. The a
30、uthor was refused by every radio station across the country.D. The author was considered unqualified because of his lack of experience.29. What does the underlined phrase “boil over” (in paragraph 5) most probably mean?A. To pass on some evil emotions. B. To become overwhelming.C. To be turned into
31、calmness. D. To break down.530. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The author was given a car by his father after he failed his first-ever job interview.B. The authors mom always advised him to learn from his failures.C. Peter MacArthur, the program director of WOC Radio, turned down the autho
32、r for his lack of flexibility.D. Peter MacArthur was able to recognize the talent of the author as a sports announcer.31. What lesson can be drawn from the authors experience in the passage?A. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. B. Practice makes perfect.C. No pain, no gain. D. The early bird catches
33、 the worm.DAnalogical ability the ability to see common relations between objects, events or ideas is a key skill that underlies human intelligence and differentiates humans from other apes. While there is considerable evidence that preschoolers can learn abstract relations, it remains an open quest
34、ion whether infants (婴儿) can as well. In a new Northwestern University study, researchers found that infants are capable of learning the abstract relations of sameness and difference after only a few examples. “This suggests that a skill key to human intelligence is present very early in human devel
35、opment and that language skills are not necessary for learning abstract relations,” said lead author Alissa Ferry, who conducted the research at Northwestern. To trace the origins of relational thinking in infants, the researchers tested whether seven- month-old infants could understand the simplest
36、 and most basic abstract relation that of sameness and difference between two things. Infants were shown pairs of items that were either the same two Elmo dolls or different an Elmo doll and a toy camel until their looking time declined. In the test process, the infants looked longer at pairs showin
37、g the novel (新奇的 ) relation, even when the test pairs were composed of new objects. In other words, infants who had learned the same relation looked longer at test pairs showing the different relation during the test. This suggests that the infants had noticed the abstract relation and found when th
38、e relation changed. “We found that infants are capable of learning these relations,” said Ferry, now doing post-doctoral research at the International School for Advanced Studies in Italy. “Additionally, infants exhibit the same patterns of learning as older children and adults relational learning b
39、enefits from seeing multiple examples of the relation and is blocked when attention is drawn to the individual objects composing the relation.” Susan Hespos, a co-author of the study and associate professor of psychology at Northwesterns Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, said, “We show that inf
40、ants can form abstract relations before they learn the words that describe relations, meaning that relational learning in humans does not require language and is a fundamental human skill of its own.”32. How do the infants show they recognize the sameness or difference between two things?A. By looki
41、ng at the difference longer.B. By describing the difference happily.C. By smiling at the difference.D. By crying at the difference loudly.33. What does the underlined word “fundamental” (in the last paragraph) mean?A. Basic. B. Evident. C. Useful. D. Complicated.34. What can we infer from the passag
42、e?A. Apes have analogical ability.B. Infants have difficulty gaining analogical ability.C. Scientists have done little research on analogical ability.D. Infants learn words later than analogical ability.35. What is the passage mainly about?A. Evidence on preschoolers abstract learning.B. Infants bor
43、n with analogical ability.C. Human skills related to analogical ability.D. A skill key to human intelligence.第二节（共 5 小题，每小题 3 分，满分 15 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。Taking a vacation with friends could turn out to be the getaway of a 6lifetime or one thats a total disaster. How do you ma
44、ke sure the trip is a success? _36_. Here are some tips on planning a vacation with friends thats memorable in the right kind of way. Establish expectations firstYou may think that you and a friend have the same idea of a holiday because you both want to go to the beach, but you might be interested
45、in relaxing while your friend is looking forward to going to nightclubs. _37_ or you are setting yourself up for conflict.Have an itinerary (旅行路线）When traveling with others, set an agenda ahead of time to avoid any last-minute, tense negotiation. Either work with a travel adviser to create the itine
46、rary or delegate (委派) one person in the group for the job it should show when activities start, and how long and what exactly they are. _38_. Build in some spaceYou dont have to spend all your time with your friend. _39_. Order room service for breakfast one day or plan other meals and a few tours f
47、or just you and your family. But its best to schedule these ahead of time not when you feel that you cannot spend another minute together._40_Deciding who is paying for what and how it will be tracked should be discussed before your trip. You can end up with one person who doesnt drink feeling angry
48、 that they are splitting the bills with people who order expensive bottles of wine, and this is the kind of anger that can destroy a friendship.A. Choose the ways to treat friendsB. Figure out money matters firstC. Make sure you understand each others ideas of vacationD. In fact, taking breaks makes
49、 your time together more enjoyableE. Different ways to parent may not matter at home but can be obvious on vacationsF. Its all about choosing the right travel partners and going in with some ground rulesG. And everything should be optional, so whoever isnt interested doesnt have to join7第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 55 分）第一节 （共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。It used to be an American tradition: as soon as school let out for the summer, many teens _
