1、- 1 -湖南省邵东县创新实验学校 2019届高三英语第五次月考试题Good luck to you!(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)请听下面 5段对话。每段对话后有 5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. Where does the man want to sit?A. By the window. B. In a corner. C. At the door.2
2、. What did the woman buy for her sister?A. A watch. B. Two books. C. Some jewels.3. What will the woman probably do?A. Clean her room. B. Sort out her new things. C. Give her old things to the Church.4. Whats the weather probably like now?A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.5. What are the speakers mainly
3、 talking about?A. What Tom has done wrong. B. Where Toms family moved. C. Why Tom went to a new school.第二节(共 15小题;每小题 1.5分,满分 22.5分)请听下面 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,每小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时问。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第 6段材料,回答第 6、7 题。6. Why wont the woman go
4、to the culture festival?A. Because of housework. B. Because of homework. C. Because of part-time job.7. What does the man usually do on Saturday nights?- 2 -A. He meets his friends. B. He relaxes at home. C. He does some cleaning. 请听第 7段材料,回答第 8、9 题。8. What did the man do last night?A. He attended a
5、 party. B. He went to see a doctor. C. He looked after his mother.9. How long did the man stay in the hospital?A. 3 hours. B. 4 hours. C. 5 hours.请听第 8段材料,回答第 10至 12题。10. What color flower will the plant have?A. Red. B. Pink. C. Purple.11. When should the man put the plant in the garden?A. In spring
6、. B. In summer. C. In autumn.12. How much will the man pay for the plant?A. $30. B. $10. C. $8.请听第 9段材料,回答第 13至 16题。13. Why doesnt the man want to choose Flower Arranging?A. Its too boring. B. It began last week. C. It is too expensive.14. How long does the photography course last?A. Four weeks. B.
7、Six weeks. C. Eight weeks.15. Which course is the most expensive?A. Introduction to Antiques. B. Photography for Amateurs. C. Italian Wine.16. What does the woman say about the course Web Design for Beginners?A. Its too similar to her job. B. It takes too much time. C. It looks difficult.请听第 10段材料,回
8、答第 17至 20题。17. What did the speaker eat on the train to Paris?A. A hamburger. B. A steak. C. A hot dog.18. Who did the speaker sit next to on his way to Rome?A. William. B. John. C. Marcus.19. Why does the speaker want to sit next to Maria?- 3 -A. To help her relax when flying. B. To learn harmonica
9、 from her. C. To share his hip-hop CDs.20. Which of the following is the speakers route?A. London Edinburgh Paris Rome Bavaria Helsinki.B. London Paris Edinburgh Bavaria Rome Helsinki.C. London Rome Paris Edinburgh Bavaria Helsinki.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,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 A、B、C 和
10、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMUSEUM SHOPSBUFFALO HISTORY MUSEUMOffers items related to the history of Western New York and its people, such as postcards, posters, fine gift items, childrens books, and a wide selection of publications about Buffalo architecture, the Arts my Assistant Principal asked if
11、 I would take him, even though he was an eleventh grader in my tenth grade class.But then there were and are stories of success of Dustin, in Graduate School for Electrical and Computer Engineering; of Michael, now a teacher in a city school; of Willie . I thought of the thousands of students whose
12、lives have touched mine far more than I could have ever touched theirs.I broke from my daydream, a smile spreading across my face. Sadness, tears, challenges, fears yes, teaching is filled with all of these yet, it is also filled with laughter and smiles, hope, dreams, and rewards beyond measure.“Im
13、 glad its you and not me.” Those words resounded in my mind once again.24. What might the authors job be like?A. Easy. B. Boring. C. Interesting. D. Challenging.25. What does the underlined sentence imply?A. These people would like to teach. B. These people did not like the author.C. These people wo
14、uld not want this job. D. These people wanted to learn from the author.26. Why did the author mention Jason and Robert?A. To stress the importance of family education. - 6 -B. To show her regrets about taking up teaching.C. To express her dissatisfaction with the school. D. To introduce the basic si
15、tuation of her students.27. How did the author feel thinking of the successful students?A. She was doing a worthwhile job. B. She could never go back to the past.C. She was the inspiration behind the success stories. D. She would never make greater achievements in the future.CIn the mid-nineteenth c
16、entury, as iceboxes became increasingly common in American homes, there were efforts to find cheaper and more reliable sources of ice. In the eighteen-thirties, scientists discovered a way to make ice, which is similar to how a refrigerator works. In 1860, there were four artificial-ice plants in th
17、e United States; in 1889, there were about two hundred; by 1909, there were two thousand. Ice now came from factories, not ponds, and it was turned out in three-hundred-pound blocks by lowering steel cans of pure water into tanks of refrigerated salted water. Kept below thirty-two degrees, the salte
18、d water did not freeze, but the water in the cans did. Those cans were then lifted from the tank, and the ice was taken out of them.The ice blocks were delivered to home users, and to the fishing and chemical industries. On the railroads, trains carrying fruit and vegetables had cars at each end fil
19、led with blocks of ice. It was a growing industry.The great trade began to fall away in the middle years of the twentieth century. The railroad business shrank, and, in the immediate postwar period, block ice lost out to home refrigerators and then to small commercial ice machines. By the nineteen-s
20、ixties, things looked very dark. “It was scary,” Dan Detmar, an ice expefl in San Antonio, told me. “Your biggest customers were cafeterias and country clubs, and youd go out there and theyd say, We dont need you any more; weve got ice machines.”Then the companies that survived the slump (a slump is
21、 a period when there - 7 -is a reduction in business) began investing in newly developed ice-cube machines, and by the late sixties American ice was becoming a packaged-ice business. And packaged ice was exactly what the country needed. These were years of increased leisure time more barbecues, more
22、 cars, and more houses by the lake. “Things exploded in the nineteen-seventies,” Paul Hendler said. Ice cubes evolved. They became hugely popular shoveled (铲) here and there into picnic coolers and fast-food sodas. They became noisier.28. What happened at the beginning of the 20th century?A. Ice was
23、 mainly used on the railroads. B. There was a great need for iceboxes.C. Ice cubes got popular in the US. D. The ice industry grew very fast.29. What was scary according to Dan Detmar?A. The slump in the block ice market. B. The danger of producing block ice.C. The social problems in the postwar per
24、iod. D. The problems caused by home refrigerators.30. What can we say about the investment in ice-cube machines?A. It nearly destroyed the US ice industry. B. It helped increase peoples leisure time.C. It proved to be a huge success. D. It caused a decline in ice sales.31. Which can be the best titl
25、e for the text?A. From ponds to factories B. From ice blocks to ice cubes C. From iceboxes to refrigerators D. From refrigerators to ice machinesDStudents at Powderhouse Studios wont have the typical American high school experience and thats exactly the point of the new school, its founders say. - 8
26、 -The high school, set to open in a repurposed former school building in Somerville, Mass., wont have grade levels or traditional classes. Instead, students will complete interdisciplinaty (跨学科的 ) projects that tap into their interests and ambitions. Theyll divide their days between seminars and pro
27、ject-based work, meeting with the education staff for guidance regularly. Students at Powderhouse will work with tutors instead of conventional teachers to learn math, science and the humanities all of which will inform their projects. Classrooms, lectures and lesson plans the things traditional sch
28、ools are built on wont be a big part of daily life at Powderhouse.In short, Powderhouse will look more like a workplace than a high school.Alec Resnick, one of the schools founders, said Powderhouse will make learning personal for students by helping them identify meaningful project-based work early
29、 on.Resnick said that demanding and interesting work is often the thing thats missing for students who feel uninvolved in a traditional high-school setting.“Motivation is missing,” he said. “The way you fix that is to get people doing hard work, not easier or more fun work.”Monica Martinez, an exper
30、t in school development, describes a future for American high schools that looks a lot like Powderhouse, with more fluid (易变的) schedules and personalized learning opportunities and finally, with more flexibility for students.“Most of all, students will progress at the rate at which they show mastery
31、 of academic content, regardless of time,” Martinez said.Powderhouse will open in 2018 as part of Somerville Public Schools. The idea of reinventing high school appealed greatly to Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who asked Resnick and his team at Sprout in 1889, there were about two hundred; by 1
32、909, there were two thousand可知,20 世纪初美国的制冰产业增长迅速。29. A。推理判断题。根据第三段中 Dan Detmar所说的 Your biggest customers were cafeterias and country clubs . theyd say, We dont need you any more .可- 16 -以推知,当时块冰市场的萎缩非常可怕。30. C。推理判断题。根据最后一段中的 packaged ice was exactly what the country needed . Ice cubes evolved. They
33、became hugely popular可以推知,美国制冰公司对小冰块机的投资是成功的。31. B。标题归纳题。本文主要介绍了美国制冰产业从制造块冰到制造小冰块的发展史,故B项作标题精炼地概括了文章的主要内容。D篇本文是议论文。美国麻省的一所新建高中让校园更像真实的世界。32. C。细节理解题。根据第二段中的 Students at Powderhouse will work with tutors instead of conventional teachers可知,这所高中没有传统的教师。33. B。细节理解题。根据第六段中的 The way you fix that is to get
34、 people doing hard work, not easier or more fun work可知,该校向学生提供有挑战性的任务,以使学生参与到以项目为基础的学习任务中去。34. A。推理判断题。根据第七段中的 Powderhouse, with more fluid schedules and personalized learning opportunities and finally, with more flexibility for students和第八段中的 students will progress at the rate at which they show ma
35、stery of academic content可以推知,该校努力满足学生的需求。35. A。推理判断题。根据最后一段中 Resnick所说的 Were pretty confident that the future of learning doesnt look like school可以推知,他认为未来的高中应该更像真实的世界。第二节 本文是议论文。作者就现代社会的人们是否需要多种技能傍身提出了自己的观点。36. G。根据本空后面的“我将证明一个人应该有多种技能傍身”可知,G 项“然而,一些人还在考虑从事一种职业好还是从事多种职业好”符合语境。前一句提出问题,后一句给出答案。37. A
36、。根据本空后面的 In the past可以锁定 A项中的 the past,代入后, “这和过去不同”符合语境。38. F。根据本空前面的“现在的员工往往承担多种责任”可知,F 项“因此,他或她需要不断提高自己的技能”符合语境。两句话之间是因果关系。39. C。根据本空前面的 One of the many methods可以锁定 C项中的 this way,代入后,- 17 -“这样可以减少不必要的开销”符合语境。40. B。本段是对全文的总结。根据本空前面的“从事多种职业大有裨益,要想达到这一目的,人们必须不断学习”可知, “这一趋势正变得越来越普遍”符合语境。B 项中的 This tr
37、end指代本空前面的 one must constantly study during his life。语言知识运用第一节 本文是夹叙夹议文。文章讲述了作者坦诚说出真实想法、要求加薪的经历,以及这次经历所带来的思想转变:不再期待别人的原谅,而是认可自己的价值和决定。41. B。根据下文中的 She was actually looking for low-key care like that可知, “我”除了自己的两个孩子,还“照看(watch) ”另外一个孩子。42. A。根据下文中的 I threw out a. price可知, “我”想要“扩展(expand) ”自己的业务,多带几个
38、孩子。43. C。结合上文中的 She was actually looking for low-key care like that for her 2-year-old和下文中的 I threw out a . price可知,第二周朋友 “前来(came over) ”拜访。44. A。根据上文中的 I recently asked for a raise from a friend可知, “我”给朋友开出了“低(low) ”价。45. B。根据下文中的 I told her I needed to up the price a bit可知, “我”在之后的几周里“意识到(realize
39、d) ”自己的要价太低了。46. D。根据下文中的 the number we . agreed on wasnt covering my time and expenses可知,这样低廉的费用使“我”在“经济上(financially) ”难以维持。47. C。根据下文中的 the number we . agreed on wasnt covering my time and expenses可知,此处“我”向朋友“解释(explained) ”要求加薪的原因。48. D。根据上文中的 I needed to up the price a bit可知, “之前(originally) ”定
40、的价格不足以支付“我”为此付出的时间和开销。49. B。根据下文中与之并列的 fair可知, “我”认为自己新给出的价格对双方都很公平,“我”的辛劳付出“值(worthwhile) ”这个价。50. A。结合上文中的 In a text I told her I needed to up the price a bit和下文中的 be so honest可知,此处作者感谢朋友让自己“坦诚(open) ”说出自己的想法。51. C。52. D。根据上文中的 Thank you for letting me feel . enough to be so - 18 -honest和 What I r
41、eally wanted to say was sorry可知, “我”本想为自己的“诚实(honesty) ”“道歉(apologize) ”。53. B。根据上文中的 Thank you for .和 What I really wanted to say was sorry可知,作者用“谢谢” “代替(replaced) ”了“抱歉” 。54. A。根据上文中的 I consciously . “sorry” with “thank you”可知,这是一个“转变(switch) ”。55. B。根据下文中的 I feel a greater sense of confidence and
42、 worth可知,用“谢谢”代替“对不起”使“我”感到“自信(confident) ”了许多。56. C。根据下文中的 I no longer wait to be . and I feel a greater sense of confidence and worth可知,作者没想到仅仅是言辞上的微小改变竟给自己的情感带来这么大的“影响(influence) ”。57. A。根据上文中的. “sorry” with “thank you”和 word choice可知, “我”的“用词(words) ”改变了。58. D。trying to obtain bits of . in apolo
43、gies和 I give them to myself之间是转折关系,所以此处填 Rather than。59. C。根据下文中的 I give them to myself可知, “我”不再通过道歉来寻求别人的“认可(approval) ”,而是自己给予自己认可。60. D。根据下文中的 when Ive done nothing wrong和 I feel a greater sense of confidence and worth可知, “我”不再等着被别人“谅解(pardoned) ”。第二节61. there。考查 there be 结构。此处要表达的是“每天总有一些事情是好的”
44、,故用 there be结构,填 there。62. actually。考查副词。设空处修饰谓语动词,故填副词 actually。63. that。考查连接词。设空处引导同位语从句,因从句意义及成分均完整,故填 that。64. facing。考查动词-ing 形式作状语的用法。we 与 face(面对)之间是逻辑上的主谓关系,且 face所表示的动作正在进行,故填 facing。65. a。考查不定冠词。attitude 在此意为“态度” ,是可数名词且表泛指,故设空处填 a。66. healthier。考查形容词比较级。设空处与 lower,less 和 better是并列关系,故填hea
45、lthy的比较级 healthier。67. illness。考查名词。由设空处前的 an incurable可知应填名词的单数形式,且意为- 19 -“疾病” ,故填 illness。68. learned / learnt。考查一般过去时。由 27 years ago可知 learn所表示的动作发生在过去,故填 learned / learnt。69. as。考查介词。such . as . 意为“诸如之类的” 。70. has been。考查主谓一致。由 for 12 years可知应用现在完成时,且主语是第三人称单数,故填 has been。录音原文:(Text 1) W: Shall
46、 we sit here? Its nice to look out of the window.M: It might be a bit cold by the door. Lets find a table in that corner.(Text 2) M: Christmas is coming soon. Have you done any Christmas shopping yet for your family?W: Yes. Ive bought a watch for my father and two books for my sister, though I haven
47、t decided yet what to buy for my mother probably some jewelry.(Text 3) M: I have to begin cleaning my messy room. Itll take me two hours to find the floor.W: Ive got a lot of things, too. I think Ill sort out my old things and give them to the church.(Text 4) M: Lucy, youve been sitting in front of
48、the computer for hours.W: Well, its raining. Theres nothing to do in such weather but surf the Internet.M: Lucy, are you sure thats not just an excuse? The sun has been out for an hour!(Text 5)W: Guess what? I got an email from Tom. Hes started at a new school.M: Oh, why? Whats he done wrong?W: Its
49、not that. His father changed jobs and theyve moved to Milan.- 20 -(Text 6) M: Hi. Mary. Are you going to the culture festival on Saturday?W: No, I cant. I have a part-time job in the afternoons. How about you?M: I cant either. I work part-time, too.W: Sounds tiring. What do you usually do on Saturday nights?M: Uh, I usually meet my friends. What about you?W: Im usually pretty tired after working, so I just relax at home and do homework in the evening. I get up early on Su