1、1衡阳市八中 2019 届高三第四次月考试题英 语请注意：时量 120 分钟 满分 150 分第一部分 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纸上。 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. Who might Sam be?A.A chicken B. A cat C. A bird2.
2、What did the woman do last night?A. She stayed at home B. She went to a party C. She saw a doctor3. Where are the speakers?A. At a party B. In a store C. In their new house4. What does the woman mean?A. H er sister loves villagesB. Tom makes a mistake C. She likes her sister5. What are the speakers
3、mainly talking about? A. A picture B. A holiday C. A sport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 happened to the man?A. He broke a machineB. He failed to ask the shop owner for helpC. H
4、e couldnt get the change back from the machine7. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Call the police B. Rock the machine C. Call the number on the machine听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. Why is the mans blue shirt no longer suitable for him?A. Hes put on much weight B. He thinks its too old C. Hes grow
5、n taller9. What does the woman think of the man?A. Lucky B. Busy C. Lazy2听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. How many showers has the man already taken today?A. One B. Two C. Three11. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. He should clean up the bathroomB. He should sweep the houseC. He should take a quic
6、k shower12. What did Michael tell the woman?A. Water supply in cities is endlessB. Water shortages happen everywhereC. Its no good taking more than one shower a day听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Why does the woman come to Manchester?A. To watch a concert B. To visit a friend C. To give a performance14.
7、How did the woman feel when she first sang in public?A. Nervous B. Happy C. Disappointed15. When will the woman go to clubs?A. Tomorrow B. This evening C. This weekend16. Who is Dean?A. The womans boyfriend B. A club owner C. A newspaper reporter听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What does Carl think of hi
8、s music life?A. Interesting but busy B. Helpful but boring C. Worthwhile but tiring18. What is Carls problem at the moment?A. Finding it hard to succeedB. Being tired of working earlyC. Lacking time to write songs19. Why would Carl go to a quiet place?A. To be free from his workB. To locus on his so
9、ngwritingC. To gain some life experience20. How would Carl probably enjoy himself if he had no work to do?A. By going shopping B. By talking with friends C. By traveling around the world第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分 35 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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AThe Costa Bo
10、ok Awards consistently pick winners that are both of the moment 3and subsequently endure. Its our pleasure to confirm this years Category Winners.First Novel Award WinnerBook: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineAuthor: Gail HoneymanEleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again
11、on a Monday. Between, her only company will be two bottles of vodka and her own solitary, unique wit (机智) . It is contentment, of a kind, but an unexpected shared experience suddenly opens the door to possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a living, breathing character, Gail Honeymans deb
12、ut is a funny and moving diamond.Biography Award WinnerBook: In the Days of RainAuthor: Rebecca StottThe Exclusive Brethren were a closed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan. Into this is born Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay dying, he b
13、egged her to help him write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family who for generations had all been members of a fundamentalist Christian sect.Poetry Award WinnerBook: Insider the WaveAuthor: Helen DunmoreTo be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is
14、 gone. These poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead - and the acutely intense being of both.Childrens Award WinnerBook: The ExplorerAuthor: Katherine Rundell, Hannah HornFour children survive their aircraft plunging into the Amazon jungle, but for Fred and his friend
15、s its only the beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Brimming with adventure and a real command of character and incident, Rundell has few peers in superb childrens fiction.21. What kind of life does Eleanor lead?A. Funny and touching. B. Ordinary and happy. C. Exciting and complex. D. Boring an
16、d lonely.22. Why did Rebecca Scott write In the Days of Rain?A. To pass on her family traditions.B. To share the life of fundamentalist Christians.C. To help her father fulfill his last wish.D. To introduce beliefs of the Exclusive Brethren. 23. For a young adventurous soul, which book seems more ap
17、pealing?A. The Explorer. B. Insider the Wave. C. In the Days of Rain. D. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine .4BThe bristlecone pine is the longest-living thing on the earth.These trees，with their strangely-shaped，wind-beaten limbs(枝干)，can live up to 5 000 yearsBut experts worry that a warming clima
18、te in some areas may threaten its future Researchers say warmer weather is permitting a similar kind of tree，the limber pine，to take over good growing places from the ancient bristleconeThey say the tree is being crowded out of mountainous areas where it grows.“The bristlecone pine is the oldest ind
19、ividually growing organism， ”researchers sayThey grow in high mountain forests in eastern California，Nevada and Utah In those mountains，the trees face high winds and extreme temperatures，which leave them with twisted limbs and shapes “Even in such tough conditions， ”Brian Smithers，a researcher at th
20、e University of California，said， “the limber pine is taking all the good spots ”The limber pine is the bristlecones distant relative and competitorIt can also live a long timeup to 2 000 yearsAnd it is usually found at lower altitudes，where temperatures are warmerHowever，according to a three-year st
21、udy which centered on trees that have started growing in the last 50 years in Californias White Mountains，most of the trees growing at higher altitudes were limber pinesScientists compared the competing species to two o1d men in a very slow race up a mountainsideThis race between such slow-growing t
22、rees takes thousands of yearsThey say climate change is causing the competitionSmithers said the bristlecone pines are not in danger of disappearingBut he assumes they could be crowded out of some places where they have grown for thousands of yearsThe researchers say the findings show how climate ch
23、ange can affect the two kinds of trees The information，they say，can help scientists understand more complex forests24. Whats the function of Paragraph 1?A. To introduce a topic B. To summarize the whole passageC. To describe the appearance of a tree D. To praise the hard work of the experts25. What
24、does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?A. There will be older trees sent out of those mountainsB. There will be more places covered with bristlecone pinesC. There will be better limber pines replacing the ancient onesD. There will be fewer bristlecone pines growing in those areas26. Accord
25、ing to the passage，the reason why limber pines can grow at higher altitudes is_A. the high winds B. the difficult conditions5C. the changing climate D. the extreme temperatures27. What is the researchers attitude towards the future of the bristlecone pine?A. Positive B. Concerned C. Enthusiastic D.
26、IndifferentCI start every summer with the best of intentions: to attack one big book from the past, a classic that I was supposed to have read when young and ambitious. Often the pairings of books and settings have been purely accidental: “Moby Dick” on a three-day cross-country train trip; “The Mag
27、ic Mountain” in a New England beachside cottage with no locks on the doors, no telephones or televisions in the rooms, and little to do beyond row on the salt pond. Attempting “The Man Without Qualities” on a return to Hawaii, my native state, however, was less fruitful: I made it through one and a
28、quarter volumes (册), then decided that Id got the point and went swimming instead.But this summer I find myself at a loss. Im not quite interested in Balzac, say, or “Tristram Shandy.” Theres always “War and Peace,” which Ive covered some distance several times, only to get bogged down in the “War”
29、part, set it aside for a while, and realize that I have to start over from the beginning again, having forgotten everyones name and social rank. How appealing to simply fall back on a favorite once more into “The Waves” or “Justine,” which feels almost like cheating, too exciting and too much fun to
30、 properly belong in serious literature.And then theres Stendhals “The Red and the Black,” which happens to be the name of my favorite cocktail (鸡尾酒) of the summer, created by Michael Cecconi at Savoy and Back Forty. It is easy to drink, and knocking back three or four seems like such a delightful id
31、ea. Cecconis theory: “I take whatevers fresh at the greenmarket and turn it into liquid.” The result is a pure shot of afternoon in the park, making one feel cheerful and peaceful all at once, lying on uncut grass with eyes shut, sun beating through the lids.28. What can we infer about the author fr
32、om the first paragraph?A. He shows talents for literature. B. He admires a lot of great writers.C. He has a cottage in New England. D. He enjoys reading when traveling.29. What do the underlined words “get bogged down” in paragraph 2 mean?A. Be interrupted. B. Make no progress. C. Get confused. D. B
33、e carried away. 30. Why does the author say reading his favorite books feels like cheating?A. He barely understands them. B. He finishes them quickly. C. He has read them many times before. D. He should read something serious.31. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. To Read or Not to Read B.
34、 The Books of SummerC. Its Never Too Late to Read D. My Summer Holidays6DIt is quite apparent that competition surrounds every aspect of human life whether in the United States or the Amazon rainforest. Without it we would not have grown into primates (灵长类动物) . Or we would probably still be struggli
35、ng to sharpen a bronze tool while crawling around on four legs in search of meat. Without competition, Columbus wouldnt have dicovered America and Edison would never have invented the light bulb.Friendship, like all relationships between two people, involves competition. It isnt competition in a tra
36、ditional sense because there are no goals to be scored and no prize. Perhaps the ecological defintion - the simultaneous (同时) demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrinents, living space, or light - better explains it.As in nature, high school life is governe
37、d by a set of laws, similar to a shortened version of Darwins theory of evolution, overpopulation, and competition. There is an abundance of high school students and to distinguish them, ranking and categorizing (分类) take place. In high school, friendships learn to coexist with competition even thou
38、gh at times the relationship is rough. In fact, in some circumstance, competition is too much of a burden for a friendship to bear, causing it to fall apart. College admission is the final high school objective. Four years of hard work is to achieve good grades, and a students fate is determined not
39、 only by these achievements, but by the records of thousands of other seniors trying to achieve a similar recognition.Nevertheless, by necessity, competition between students exists in all aspects of high school life. It sets and improves the standards in everything from sports to schoolwork. A heal
40、thy, friendly competition can have only benefits, but when it becomes too fierce, jealousy (妒忌) can tear friendships apart. Yet, despite all this, without competition, we would be lost.32. What does the ecological definition mainly explain?A. How to win the competition. B. What competition exactly i
41、s.C. What the result of competition is. D. How friends compete with each other.33. According to the writer, what causes the high school students to compete?A. They know the laws of nature well. B. Friendship is a burden for them.C. The number of them is too large. D. They are divided into different
42、groups.34. Which best describes the relationship of friendship and competition?A. Friendship is always based on competition.B. Competition is a result of lost friendship. C. C ompetition is terribly harmful to friendships.D. The degree of competition is vital to friendship.35. What does the author t
43、hink of “competition”?7A. Competition is certain to happen at school.B. The result of competition are out of control.C. Competition becomes fierces in high school.D. Friendship is not as important as competition at school.第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 I0 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。The Scienc
44、e of Risk-SeekingSometimes we decide that a little unncessary danger is worth it because when we weigh the risk and the reward, the risk seems worth tasking. 36 Some of us enjoy activities that would surprise and scare the rest of us. Why? Experts say if may have to do with how our brains work.The r
45、eason why any of us take any risks at all might have to do with early humans. Risk-takers were better at hunting, fighting, or exploring. 37 As the quality of Risk-taking was passed from one generation to the next, humans ended up with a sense of adventure and a tolerance for risk.So why arent we al
46、l jumping out of airplanes then? Well, even 200,000 years ago, too much risk-taking could get one killed. A few daring survived, though, along with a few stay-in-the-cave types. As a result, humans developed a range of character types that still exists today. So maybe you love car racing, or maybe y
47、ou hate it. 38 No matter where you are on the risk-seeking range, scientists say that your willingness to take risks increases during your teenage years. 39 To help you do that, your brain increases your hunger for new experiences. New experiences often mean taking some risks, so your brain raises y
48、our tolerance for risk as well.40 For the risk-seekers a part of the brain related to pleasure becomes active, while for the rest of us, a part of the brain related to fear becomes active.As experts continue to study the science of risk-seeking, well continue to hit the mountains, the waves or the shallow end of the pool.A. Those are the risks you should jump to take.B. Being better at those things meant a greater chance of survival.C. It all depends on your character.D. This is when you start to move away from your family and into the bigger world.E. Thus, these well-equipped peo
