1、英语第三次月考第一节(共15小题； 每小题2分 )阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AAlthough environmental problems have existed for centuries, some people still care little about our environment. Problems like ice melting, electronic waste are lighting up news programs and becoming part of an ongoing dialogue about the e
2、nvironment.As a teenager, what do you think all the problems mean for your future and for the future of the planet? For our October 2016 writing contest, we want you to really consider what you think about environmental problems.Use these questions to help focus your essay (文章)What environmental pro
3、blem do you think should cause the greatest alarm and action?Do you think that you have a personal responsibility to help solve environmental problems or do you feel helpless against the struggle?What do you think could help a specific environmental problem?Dont try to answer all these questions. Us
4、e one of them to make a personal essay.The title of the essayWhen you hand in your essay, title it as: Environmental Problems：_. Include the phrase “Environmental Problems” as the beginning of your essay title, but then make the rest of your story title unique. Examples：Environmental Problems: Trash
5、y Behavior and the Plastic BottleEnvironmental Problems: We Cant Exist If We Refuse to ChangeRules：(1)This is a nonfiction essay contest.(2)Essays are 500 words or less.(3)Essays must be your original work.The deadline：Midnight Oct.30, 2016Results：The winner will be posted on our writing contest web
6、site or on Teen Trend Report after Nov.26, 2016.1What is the text mainly about?AHow to write an essay.BHow to protect our planet.COctober 2016 writing contest.DSome environmental problems.2Which of the following essays will be accepted?AA 300word essay taken from the newspaper.BA 400word essay on ai
7、r pollution.CA 500word essay full of imagination.DA 600word essay on plastic bottles.3How can one know the result of the contest?ABy sending an email.BBy visiting the website.CBy calling the organizer.DBy reading a scientific report.BAre you bad at math? If you answer yes, consider this question: Ar
8、e you bad at math because you didnt study hard enough to learn the material or because you lack the ability to be good at it?As it turns out, many children believe that they dont do well on math tests because theyre intellectually incapable (无能的) of understanding the material. They have no reason to
9、 try harder, thus trapping them in a state of being bad at math.Educators Miles Kimball and Noah Smith argue that this is a big problem, “Math is the great mental subject of an unconfident America. If we can convince you that anyone can learn math, it should be a short step to convincing you that yo
10、u can learn just about anything, if you work hard enough.”Psychologist Carol Dweck took on the task of convincing a group of students that if they worked hard they could become smarter. The truly remarkable part of that study was not that the kids improved and earned higher grades; it was that Dweck
11、 noted that a few of the tough boys in the group were brought to tears, learning that the level of intelligence they could reach was limitless it was entirely up to them.Of course, not all of us will become genius mathematicians, but the majority of us can become skilled and maybe even good at math.
12、 As Mashable points out, while dyscalculia (计算障碍), a math disability, is a real thing, only 6 percent of the population is likely to have it. For the rest of us, its a confidence problem, or a lack of belief that with hard work, well improve. Thankfully, we now know better, and we can pass on that_i
13、nformation to the next generation.4Many people dont work hard at math because they think that _.Atheir intelligence is high Bmath is not worth learningCits useless to put in the effort Dthey have understood the material5According to Miles Kimball and Noah Smith, _.Amath is a big problem to deal with
14、Bmost Americans dont like math at allCmath is an important subject at schoolDone can learn anything as long as he works hard6In Carol Dwecks study, the students _.Apassed the tests easily Bbecame good at math soonCdidnt get higher grades in the testDknow their intelligence depends on themselves7What
15、 does the underlined part “that information” refer to?AMath disability doesnt really exist.BEveryone is likely to learn math well.CMath cannot be ignored at any time.DConfidence is important in ones life. CWhen she was studying to become a scientist, Megan Strauss rode in a small airplane to study g
16、iraffes. While a pilot flew over the Serengeti in Tanzania, Africa, the researchers looked down carefully and counted giraffes. I am always amazed how easily we can spot warthogs and other small animals, yet we sometimes have trouble seeing giraffes. Giraffes are slender in shape, and they may not t
17、hrow a good shadow, says Dr. Strauss, who has since become a wildlife scientist. The Serengeti is about the size of Vermont, a state in the northeastern US, so the scientists could not study the entire area. Instead, they surveyed three areas where giraffes were studied in the 1970s. As they expecte
18、d, they saw far fewer of these animals. To find out if lions had been killing more giraffes in recent years, the team looked at the survival of young giraffes. Lions kill more young giraffes than adults, but the team found no decrease in young giraffes survival after they are born, compared with the
19、 1970s. The team then looked at whether too many giraffes were being killed by parasites(寄生虫）.The researchers counted parasite eggs in giraffe droppings, and they found too few to harm the giraffe population. They looked into whether poachers (盗猎者)were killing too many giraffes. Two of the areas the
20、y studied are where giraffe meat is sometimes sold in local markets. Poachers catch more adult males than other giraffes. Researchers spotted too few males compared with females in those two areas, a sign of poaching. When the food supply is short, the environment supports fewer giraffes and the fem
21、ales have fewer young giraffes. A lot of new trees have grown in the Serengeti, but many are a type that giraffes do not like to eat. The researchers found fewer young giraffes today than in the 1970s compared with the number of adult females, a sign that food was in short supply. Dr. Strauss is wor
22、king on an environmental education program for Tanzania including books for students. These materials will educate Tanzanians and help them to help giraffes. As knowledge grows and changes are made, they hope the giraffe population will increase. 8. What did Dr. Strauss find while studying giraffes
23、in the Serengeti?A. It was too costly to study giraffes. B. It was hard to spot giraffes from the air. C. The number of giraffes had increased slowly. D. Giraffes lived in smaller areas than in the 1970s.9.How did the team study the lion-giraffe relationship?A. By analyzing giraffe droppings. B. By
24、comparing young giraffes with adults.C. By comparing male giraffes and females.D. By surveying the survival of young giraffes. 10.What are the causes of a reduction in giraffes population in the Serengeti? A. Lions and parasites. B. Lack of food and poaching. C. New trees and local markets. D Illega
25、l hunting and natural enemies 11.What is Dr. Strauss doing to help giraffes?A. She is founding a national park in Tanzania.B. She is counting giraffes in the entire Serengeti.C. She is educating students to write about giraffes. D. She is raising environmental awareness in local people.DIt began as
26、a game: High school and college students studying computer technology figured out they could use personal computers to break into telephone company computers and make free, long-distance telephone calls. These young computer talents soon gained the name hackers. Police arrested a few hackers, but ma
27、ny went on to even more complex hacking. One of them was arrested for making illegal telephone calls and later he used a phone to change a police officers credit records to get back at the officer for arresting him. He also used a computer to change his college records to give himself better grades.
28、 As hackers gained experience, they began invading computers at banks, airlines and other businesses. In one case a hacker instructed an airline s computer to give him free airplane tickets. The U.S. government is worried that hackers may break into its networks of defense computers. The governments
29、 secrets are easily attacked because thousands of government computers are connected by telephone lines that hackers can get into. In November 1988, a college student entered a U.S. Defense Department computer network called Arpanet. The hacker injected a computer program that made copies of itself
30、throughout Arpanet. Some hackers use viruses to destroy all the data in a computer. But in this case, government officials shut down the network before the program reached every computer in the system. Shutting down the system angered many researchers who were using the computers. The hacker turned
31、himself in to the police and he was charged with a crime. The incident put the spotlight on computer hacking in the United States. Many companies have hired experts to protect their computers from hackers, and many computer experts now advise companies on how to protect their computers. The U.S. gov
32、ernment believes foreign governments have hired hackers to try to break into top-secret defense computers. Experts disagree over whether a computer network can ever be safe from hacking. But in the future, some of the most outstanding minds in the U.S. will be working to frustrate the attempts of co
33、mputer hackers. 12. What did the first hackers do? A. They broke into government computers. B. They destroyed airplane ticket systems.C. They played computer games. D. They made free phone calls. 13. Why can U.S. government computers be easily hacked into? A. They have no defense systems. B. They ar
34、e connected by telephone lines. C. They are partly accessible to the public.D. They lack complex processing programs. 14. What happened to the government computers in November 1988? A. They lost all of the important data. B. They were shut down by researchers. C. They were invaded by a college stude
35、nt. D. They got totally ruined by a computer program. 15. What did companies decide to do to protect their computer systems?A. Employ computer talents. B. Build secret defense systems.C. Ask the government for help. D. Collect and analyze the data of hackers.第二节 七选五 (共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)根据短文内容，从短
36、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。Sound like a list of your homework for the next few nights or maybe even just for tonight? 16 Its your teachers way of evaluating how much you understand whats going on in class. And it helps strengthen concepts.17 Its inviting to start with the easy things to get the
37、m out of the way. However, youll have the most energy and focus when you begin, so its best to use this mental power on the subjects that are most challenging. Later, when youre more tired, you can focus on the simpler things. If you get stuck on a problem, try to figure it out as well as you can bu
38、t dont spend too much time on it because this can mess up your homework schedule for the rest of the night. 18 But dont pick someone whom youll never get it done!Most peoples attention spans arent very long, so take some breaks while doing your homework. Sitting for too long without relaxing will ma
39、ke you less productive than if you stop every so often. Taking a 15-minute break every hour is a good idea for most people. 19. Once your homework is done, you can check over it if you have extra time. Be sure to put it safely away in your backpack theres nothing worse than having a completed assign
40、ment that you cant find the next morning or that gets ruined by a careless brother or sister . 20. Now youre free to hang out.A. Homework is a major part of going to school.B. Luckily, you can do a few things to do less homework.C. When you start your homework, deal with the hardest tasks first.D. B
41、ut if youre really concentrating, wait until its a good time to stop.E. If you need to, ask an adult for help or call or email a classmate for advice.F. And no teacher still believes that “chewed by the dog” lie - even when its true!G. In conclusion, no one is expected to stay long, and people have
42、very different learning styles.第三节 完形填空（本题共20小题；每小题2分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds. I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to _21_ bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate. Worried about my health, I tried many diffe
43、rent kinds of _22_ but nothing worked. I came to believe that I could do nothing about my _23_When I was 50, my weight problem began to affect me _24_. I didnt want to live the rest of my life with this _25_ weight any more.That year, I _26_ a seminar where we were asked to create a project that wou
44、ld touch the world. A seminar leader shared her _27_ story she had not only lost 125 pounds, but also raised $25,000 for homeless children._28_ by her story, I created the As We Heal(痊愈), the World Heals _29_. My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise $50,000 _30 _ a movement founded 30 y
45、ears ago to end hunger. This combination of healing myself and healing the world _31_ me as the perfect solution._32_ I began my own personal weight programme, I was filled with the fear that I would _33_ the same difficulties that beat me before. While the _34_ hung over my head, there were also si
46、gns that I was headed down the right _35_. I sent letters to everyone I knew, telling them about my project. It worked perfectly. Donations began _36_ in from hundreds of people.Of course, I also took some practical steps to lose weight. I consulted with a physician(内科医生), I hired a fitness coach, a
47、nd I began to eat small and _37_ meals. My fundraising focus also gave me new motivation to exercise _38_A year later, I _39_ my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel that Ive been given a second life to devote to something that is _40_ and enormous.21. A. addB. mixC. killD. share22. A.
48、 dietsB. drinks C. fruitsD. dishes23. A. heightB. ability C. wisdomD. weight24. A. temporarily B. recently C. seriously D. secretly25. A. idealB. extraC. normal D. low26. A. attended B. organized C. recommendedD. mentioned27. A. folk B. successC. adventure D. science28. A. Surprised B. Amused C. Inf
49、luenced D. Disturbed29. A. project B. business C. system D. custom30. A. in search of B. in need of C. in place of D. in support of 31. A. scaredB. considered C. confused D. struck32. A. As B. Until C. If D. Unless33. A. get over B. run into C. look for D. put aside34. A. excitementB. joy C. anger D
50、. fear35. A. rowB. hall C. path D. street36. A. breaking B. flooding C. jumping D. stepping 37. A. heavy B. full C. expenseD. healthy 38. A. regularly B. limitlessly C. suddenly D. randomly 39. A. set B. reached C. missed D. dropped 40. A. stressful B. painful C. meaningful D. peaceful第四部分 英语知识运用（共两
51、节，满分45分）第一节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。According to a review of evidence in a medical journal, runners live three years _41_(long) than non-runners, You dont have to run fast or for long _42_(see) the benefit. You may drink, smoke, be overweight and still reduce your risk of _
52、43_(die) early by running. While running regularly cant make you live forever，the review says it _44_(be)more effective at lengthening life _45_ walking, cycling or swimming. Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014_46_showed a mere five to 10 minute a day of running redu
53、ced the risk of heart disease and early deaths from all _47_（cause）.The best exercise is one that you enjoy and will do. But otherwise.its probably running. To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces, do exercises to _48_(strength) your leg muscles (肌肉), avoid hills and get good running shoes.
54、 Running is cheap, easy and its always_49_(energy). If you are time poor, you need run for only half the time to get the same benefits as other sports, so perhaps we should all give_50_ a try. 第二节：书面表达(满分25分)假定你是校园网站“交流”栏目的主持人Tom,你校高二年级学生Jack发来电子邮件,叙述因新学期文理分科,他离开了原来的许多朋友,来到了一个新的班级,一直感到闷闷不乐,担心从此他们的友谊
55、会消失。请你根据以下提示写一封邮件(100词左右)给Jack,提出合理化建议。包括以下要点:1.Jack的看法不完全正确;2.相约周末一起活动,多交流,珍惜友谊;3.尽快适应环境,互相鼓励,共同提高。Hi, Jack,I have read your email. I think what you are worrying about is not a big problem._ _ .1-3CBB, 4-7CDDB 8-11BDBD 11-15 DBCA 21-25 CADCB 26-30 ABCAD 31-35 DABDC 36-40 BDABC41-50:longer,tosee,dyi
56、ng,is,than,that/which,causes,strengthen,energetic,it/runningHi, Jack, I have read your email. I dont think what you are worrying about is a big problem. When students move between classes, old friendships often suffer as new ones seem to take their place. But it isnt always the case. If you truly va
57、lue the friendship, you should he able to make an effort to promote it. There is nothing to stop you spending time with your friends. You can arrange more time to gather on the weekend, communicating with each other. At the same time, you can explain that you are growing apart but you will always treasure the friendship. More importantly, you should keep the relationship and encourage each other. Thus you can adjust to new classes as quickly as possible and improve together. The worst thing is just to worry about something but do nothing to make it right. Try taking some action!Yours,Tom
