1、1广东省汕头市金山中学 2019 届高三英语上学期 9 月月考试题本试卷共三部分，满分 135 分（1201.125） 。考试时间 120 分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必分别将答题卷上的姓名、考试号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写，用 2B 铅笔将考试号对应的信息点涂黑。2选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节 （共 15 小题; 每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，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
2、上将该项涂黑。ATayka Hotel de SalWhere: Tahua, BoliviaHow much: About $ 95 a nightWhy its cool: Youve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? Thats something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt-including the beds (though youll sleep on regular mattresses and blankets). The h
3、otel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake which is the worlds biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste (糊) of wet salt that hardens when it dries.When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the own
4、ers just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.Green Magic Nature ResortWhere: Vythiri, IndiaHow much: About $ 240 a nightWhy its cool: Taking a pulley(滑轮)-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window-there is no glass!
5、 -you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy(罩篷). Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You dont even have to come down for breakfast-the hotel will send it up on the pulley-dr
6、awn “elevator”.Dog Bark Park Inn B I am love,” which drew oohs and aahs from the group. Ketchouang has been in the United States for less than a year, said Program Coordinator Chad Dike. When Ketchouang started attending Project X, he had been in the United States for two months and spoke no English
7、. Now hes one of the groups most outgoing members and helps translate instructions from English to Creole for the groups newest member, who is from Haiti.Many people will give up when theres a language barrier, “but these students prove them wrong” Kamau said. “You do have something to give. You are
8、 important. When TV, media, etc. are bringing them down, this program is bringing them up.”12. Project X is intended for helping the young African immigrants to_.A. get over language barriersB. enrich after-school life C. overcome tough problemsD. become more creative13. How well the members learn i
9、n the Project X program is shown by_.A. their annual creative performancesB. their annual scores gained at schoolC. the comments of friends and familyD. the comments of the program teachers14. What do we know about the Imagination Stage?A. Its established by Kamau for Project X.B. Its a cooperative
10、partner of White Oaks African Club.C. Its a project designed by White Oak Middle School.D. Its operated once at the end of each year.15. The passage is written mainly to_.A. introduce the Project X programB. inspire immigrants to never give upC. advocate White Oaks African ClubD. call for more atten
11、tion to immigrants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。Listening to happy music at work can help you complete tasks more quickly, especially if youre doing something repetitive such as checking e-mail or filing 6documents. 16._ Cornell University researchers also foun
12、d that upbeat tunes help workers cooperate and make group decisions that contribute to the good of the team.Music decreases levels of the stress hormone cortisol just as well as massage therapy does, according to a small 2010 study. Scientists randomly assigned anxious patients to listen to music ei
13、ther during massage therapy or while lying in a dim room. 17. _.18. _.After surgery, it helps reduce pain. An analysis of 73 studies published in the Lancet in 2015 confirmed that listening to music before, during, or after surgery improves anxiety and pain levels, which in turn means less pain medi
14、cation.People come up with more creative solutions when they listen to happy, upbeat music than when they sit in silence, according to researchers from the Netherlands and Australia. It may be because music improves your brains flexibility or because it relaxes you enough for the creative juices to
15、flow. 19._; research also has found that moderate(适度的) volume provides the creativity sweet spot.Whether youre running, biking, or walking, youll go farther if you pump up the jams, studies have found.20._. The effect is so great that the author of a 2012 review examining the psychological effects o
16、f music on exercise called music “a type of legal performance-enhancing drug.”Maybe youve heard about Alzheimers patients coming alive when they hear a song from their past. Studies show that music helps them retrieve memories, communicate more effectively, and remember who they are.A.After three mo
17、nths those who just listened to music experienced the same drop in anxiety as those also got massagesB. One study showed that the accuracy and efficiency of surgeons improved when they worked with the music of their choice in the backgroundC. Music has been used to heal for centuries, and now were l
18、earning why it worksD. Music distracts you from your discomfort and motivates you to stay with the beatE. But dont play the music too loudlyF. Listening to music before surgery has been shown to ease anxiety and limit the need for sedatives(镇静剂)G.Time does fly when youre listening to music第二部分英语知识运用
19、（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最7佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Here You Grow Again“Youre having problems? No problem.” Thats what I try to tell myself when I begin to feel overwhelmed. And then I_21_myself that the only people I am_22_ who dont have_23_ar
20、e gathered in peaceful neighborhoods. There is never a_24_, never a moment of stress to ruin a day. All is calm. Most_25_have at least one such worry-free zone. We call them cemeteries (墓地).But if youre still_26_, you have difficulties. Its the way of life. And believe it or not, most of your proble
21、ms may actually be_27_for you than you think. Let me explain. Maybe you have seen the Great Barrier Reef, _28_some 1, 800 miles from New Guinea to Australia. Tour guides regularly take visitors to_29_the reef. On one tour, the guide was asked a question. “I notice that the lagoon(浅水湖) side of the re
22、ef looks_30_and lifeless, while the ocean side is lively and colorful, ”a traveler observed. “_31_is this?”The guide gave an interesting answer, “The coral(珊瑚) around the lagoon side is in_32_water, with no challenge for its survival. It_33_early. The coral on the ocean side is constantly being_34_b
23、y wind, waves, stormssurges of power. It has to fight for_35_every day of its life. As it is challenged and tested it changes and_36_. It grows healthy. It grows strong. And it reproduces.” Then he added this telling note, “Thats the _37_ it is with every living organism.”Like coral_38_by the sea, w
24、e grow. _39_demands can cause us to grow stronger. Mental and emotional stress can produce strength and determination. Spiritual testing can produce _40_of character and faithfulness. 21. A. warn B. remind C. inform D. persuade22. A. aware of B. ashamed of C. concerned about D. worried about23. A. p
25、urposes B. troubles C. plans D. opinions24. A. wonder B. miracle C. care D. wish25. A. campuses B. halls C. countries D. towns26. A. worrying B. breathing C. thinking D. working27. A. bigger B. smaller C. better D. heavier28. A. covering B. running C. reaching D. stretching29. A. view B. dig C. prot
26、ect D. find30. A. healthy B. pale C. strong D. colorful31. A. how B. when C. why D. what32. A. dirty B. cold C. deep D. still33. A. grows B. dies C. rests D. settles34. A. tested B. washed C. cleaned D. killed35. A. nutriment B. development C. survival D. energy36. A. enlarges B. breaks C. disappear
27、s D. adapts837. A. purpose B. way C. means D. reason38. A. struck B. flooded C. swallowed D. supported39. A. Social B. Emotional C. Spiritual D. Physical40. A. feature B. result C. strength D. influence第二节语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。NASA is launching a new pro
28、ject to help it understand more about the deepest parts of space, without ever leaving Earth.The 41. _ (announce), made on Tuesday, is part of the government space agencys Systematic Underwater Biogeochemical Science and Exploration Analog (SUBSEA) project and will help aid NASAs search 42. _ life i
29、n deep space, as well as 43._ (good) understanding of our own planet. NASA believes the environment around a deep-sea volcano off the coast of Hawaii is similar to 44. _ of Saturns moon, Enceladus.Studying the extreme conditions 45._ life can survive on Earth will help them 46._ (full) understand th
30、e potential for life to exist on other ocean worlds in 47. _ solar system, NASA said on its website.As part of the SUBSEA project, the robots, 48. _ (name) Hercules and Argus, will study the biology, geology and chemistry of the region.NASA 49. _ (team) up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A
31、dministration and the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) on the project. The OET is operating the robots, which were launched from its exploration vessel, Nautilus.The SUBSEA team will spend three weeks at sea and will study the volcano and simulate human-robotic exploration 50. _ (help) with future deep
32、-space missions, NASA said.第三部分: 写作（共两节；满分 35 分）第一节短文改错（共 10 分，每处 1 分）假定英语课上英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（） ，并在该词下面写出该加的词。修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词。2.只允许修改 10 处，多者（从 11 处起）不计分。On Thanksgiving morning, I got up
33、early to run in a race. It was just above freezing. So every runner was jumping around trying to stay warmly.By the roadside was a man wrapping in a blanket. He was obviously homeless and most people pretended not see him. I went over and talked with him. We talked about 9all sort of things. It alwa
34、ys hurts to see someone going through so a rough time. He didnt ask me for anything, and I wanted to do something for him. I gave him all the cash which I had. At the first he didnt want to accept it but I insisted. Then he said something surprised. He said, This has been so nice. Thank you. I hadnt
35、 really talked to anybody for a long time.” It was he who showed me how to smile through the rough times.笫二节书面表达（满分 25 分）假如你是李华，你的美国笔友 Bob 来信希望你介绍一下中秋节。请你写一封回信，介绍这一中国传统文化，并邀请 Bob 来中国旅行。要点包括：1.介绍中秋节的传统习俗及庆祝方式。2.邀请对方到中国旅行，切身感受中国文化。注意：1.词数 120 词左右。2.信的开头和结尾已经给出。3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。Dear Bob,_Yours,Li Hua20
36、18-2019 学年度汕头金山中学 9 月月考卷参考答案第一部分 阅读理解（共 20 小题; 每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）1-3. ACD 4-7 ABBD 8-11 BCDB 12- 15CABA 16-20 BAFED第二部分： 英语知识运用第一节：完形填空（共 20 小题; 每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 21-25. BABCD 26-30. BCDAB 31-35. CDBAC 36-40. DBADC10第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）41. announcement 42. for 43. better 44. that 45. w
37、here46. fully 47. the 48. named 49.is teaming 50. to help第三部分: 写作（共两节；满分 35 分）第一节 短文改错 （共 10 分，每处 1 分）51. warmly- warm 52. wrapping - wrapped 53. pretended not see him在 not 后加 to54. sort -sorts 55. sosuch 56. and -but 57. which - that58. the 去掉 59. surprised -surprising 60. hadnt - havent笫二节 书面表达（满分
38、 25 分）Im more than glad to have received a letter from you, in which you have asked about the Chinese traditional festival- Mid-Autumn Day. Now Im writing back to tell you something about it.The Mid-Autumn Day is a traditional festival with a long history celebrated only by Chinese people. It falls
39、on August 15th of the Chinese lunar year, when people of a family get together and enjoy the dinner together. After that they eat mooncakes, which stands for the spirits of the festival-unity. Often if the weather permits, they will go out of the house to enjoy the bright moonlight, talking about something pleasant. It is one of the most important festivals for Chinese people.Since the Mid-Autumn Day is approaching, I really hope you can come to China and enjoy the celebration with us. Im looking forward to sharing the beauty of Chinese culture with you.
