1、山东省莱州市第一中学2015届高三10月月考英语试题请同学们注意宏观把握时间!第I卷(共105分)第一部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分55分)第一节 单项填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1.Thousands of people lost their lives in bomb explosions every yearI wonder _ those innocent people did to deserve this Awhy Bhow Cwhen D. what 2There was _ t
2、ime _ I cycled to work every day Aa:that Ba:when Cthe;that Dthe;when3Shell never forget her stay there _ she found her son who had gone missing two years beforeAthat Bwhich C. where Dwhen4Last week our maths teacher set so difficult an examination problem _ none of us worked out Athat Bwhich Cas Dso
3、 that5If you plant water-melon seeds in the spring,you _ fresh watermelon in the fallAeat B. would eat Chave eaten Dwill be eating6Sorry,I forgot to post the letter for youNever mindI _ it myselfApost Bam going to post Cis posting Dwill post7The price _,but I doubt whether it will remain soAwent dow
4、n Bwill go down Chas gone down Dwas going down8MrsBlack doesnt believe her son is able to design a digital camera,_?Ais he Bisnt he Cdoesnt she Ddoes she9George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but Id rather he_ more on its cultureAfocus Bfocused Cwould focus Dhad focused10Whoeve
5、r has_sense knows that smoking is harmful to peoples healthAnormal Bgeneral Cordinary Dcommon第二节完型填空(共两篇;第一篇短文l0小题,每小题1分;第二篇短文20小题,每小题1.5分;满分40分)A In 1999, Ryan Hreljac and Jimmy Akana became pen palsTheir lives could not have been more 11Ryan lived with his family in Kemptville,Canada,while Jimmy,
6、an orphan,lived in Agweo,UgandaJimmys life was in constant 12 because rebel(叛乱)troops would raid(突然袭击)his villageFate, and Ryans 13 to help others,brought the pals together When Ryan was 6,he 14 that millions of people in Africa did not have access to clean waterHe decided to 15 thatTo raise money,R
7、yan did chores for four monthsHe earned70but,that was not 16 to build even one well“I realized that I couldnt raise 2,000 by doing chores,”he told TFK“So I started doing public speaking”To date,the Ryans Well Foundation has built 238 wells in 11 countries“Weve 17 almost 400,000 people and raised 1.5
8、 million”Ryan says The foundations first well was built in Agweo, where Jimmy livedThe boys met in 2000,when Ryan traveled to Uganda“We had a 18 from the beginning”says Jimmy of that meetingThe Hreljac family 19 Jimmy and brought him to live in their homeRyan,15,and Jimmy, 17,speak to communities an
9、d schools all over the world about the 20 of having clean drinking water 11Aimportant Bdifficult Cbrilliant Ddifferent12Adanger Babsence Cevidence Ddecline !l 3Aguidance Bduty Cdetermination Dburden 14A1eamed Bestimated Choped Dcommanded15Achange Bmove Ccompete Dcreate 16Ausual Bcommon Cenough Dequa
10、l 17Ahelped Btouched Cremoved Dexamined18Astory Bconnection Cfocus Dfortune19Apurchased Binformed Cpleased Dadopted20Ahabit Bfuture Cimportance DhistoryB One evening last fallwhile Marcos did his homework and his father,Eduardo,a teacher, prepared lesson plans,they heard yelling outsideEduardo 21 on
11、to the balcony and didnt think anything was wrong, 22 Marcoss eye was caught by a flame the Alex house “Dad,the house is 23 !”Marcos criedOn the front lawn stood Alexs families, 24 for helpWhen they got thereThey saw father Alex was walking 25 down the stairs,coughing,his face black with 26 . “Is an
12、yone else in the house?” Eduardo asked “My son!”Alex 27 to say,pointing to the second floor Eduardo started up the stairs,but 28 ,black smoke and extreme heat forced him to his kneesSo he crawled(爬)upstairs and down the hall where Alex said he could find Cody, eight,who had 29 himself in a bedroomHi
13、s glasses immediately turned 30 from the ash As the fire was violent across the hallEduardo 31 the bedroom door and tried to turn the doorknobBut Cody didnt 32 ,and Eduardo made his way back downstairsAt the same time,Marcos saw Cody was standing at the 33 ,screaming for helpImmediately he grasped t
14、he ladder(梯子),positioned it near the window,and 34 toward the boy. When Marcos reached the window,he 35 pushed the screen into the room and succeeded in persuading Cody to come out with him 36 Cody with one arm,Marcos got down the ladder. Firefighters arrived a few minutes later and the fire was 37
15、soonEmergency personnel took Cody to 8 nearby 38 ,where he was treated for smoke inhalation(吸入剂) and releasedNo one else was 39 . The day after the fire,Alex visited Marcos“Thank you for saving my son,”Alex said“You are our 40 forever” 21Ahung Bfell Csat Dstepped22Auntil Bunless Cif Das23Ain danger
16、Bon fire Cunder construction Din ruins24A1ooking Byelling Cwatching Dsending25Aunluckily Bunhappily Cunsteadily Dunbelievably26Atears Bcoughs Cheat Dsmoke27Awanted Bexpected Choped Dmanaged28Athick Bthin C1ight D1oose 29Aenjoyed Bfollowed C1ocked Dfound 30Asmall Bblack Chot Dsoft 31Aturned Bapproach
17、edCopenedDstruck32Arespond Bescape Cfear Dcry 33Abalcony Bwindow Chall D1adder34Aslid Bdashed Cclimbed D. leaned35Acarefully Bsecredy Cviolently Ddangerously36ADiscovering BFloating C. Touching DHolding37Amade out Bturned off Cput out D. Mowed down38Achurch Bhospital Ctown Dschool39A1ost Bfrightened
18、 Cinjured Dburied40Ahero Bmaster Cneighbor Dmodel第三部分 阅读理解(共25小题;每小题2分,满分50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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Can you imagine a cloud floating in the middle of your room? Do you want to know what it feels like to fly like a bird? Find your answers in Time Magazines 25“Best Invention
19、s”.Here,we have picked out the most interesting 4 to share with you Talking Gloves Ever felt confused by the sign language used by disabled people? Here is the“helping hand”you needFour Ukrainian students have created a pair of gloves that helps people with hearing and speech problems communicate wi
20、th othersThe gloves are equipped with sensors that recognize sign language and translate it into text on a smartphoneThen the smartphone changes the text to spoken words Google Glasses Google Glasses are like a computer built into the frame of a pair of glassesWith its 1.3- centimeter display,the gl
21、asses allow you to surf the Internet and make calls without even lifting a fingerThe glasses also have a camera and GPS mapping systemUsers can take and share photos check maps and surf the Interact just by looking up,down,left and right. But you will have to wait until 2014 if you want one of these
22、 Indoor Clouds Its not virtualThats a real worldDutch artist Smilde managed to create a small but perfect white cloud in the middle of a room using a fog machineBut it required careful planning-the temperature,humidity(湿度)and lighting all had to be just rightOnce everything was ready,the cloud forme
23、d in the air with the machineBut it only lasted for a short while Wingsuits Thesuit fulfills your dreams of flying like a birdWell,not exactly flying,but gliding(滑 翔)through the airIt increases the surface area of the human body,which makes it easier for people to float in the airFliers wearing wing
24、suits can glide one kilometer in about 30 seconds41Through Talking Gloves, the spoken words are intended for_ Adisabled people Bnormal people Ctrained people Dfamiliar people42How can users of Google Glasses surf the Internet? ABy moving the mouse BBy tapping the keyboard CBy pressing the buttonD. B
25、y moving the eyeballs43Which of the following is true of Indoor Clouds? A. It was created with a computer BIt needed some strict conditions CIt could make the room lovelyDIt could remain there for long44Which of the following can help you fly? ATalking Gloves BGoogle Glasses C. Wingsuits DIndoor Clo
26、uds45The author wrote the text to_. Aintroduce some interesting inventions Bencourage people to buy these products Cdraw peoples attention to technology D. bring some pleasure to readers B On Monday, December 10,2012,Google Doodle(涂鸦)celebrated the 197th anniversary of the birth of Ads Lovelace. She
27、 is seen by some as the worlds first computer programmer Google wrote on their offcial blog :“We hope todays doodle inspires people to find out more about Ads,and about the contributions made by women in general to science and technology” Lovelace was born on December 10,1815Her father was a poet,an
28、d her mother was a mathematician,who arranged for her daughter to be taught in science and mathAda followed in her mothers footsteps,eventually becoming a mathematician herself At 17,Lovelace became friends with Babbage,a professor of mathematics at Cambridge University,who Ada learned about four ye
29、ars ago from her mother. She became interested in his idea to design a computing device(装置)Babbage and Lovelace wouldwrite letters back and forth to each other about it. In 1843,Lovelace added details to an article describing the machineShe included step-by-step instructions for how the machine woul
30、d work Whi1e Babbage saw the machine as a calculator. Lovelace predicted a machine that could use symbols and roles to compute more than just mathShe even wrote about it making music:“The engine might create complex and scientific pieces of music”Lovelace imagined that one day it would be possible t
31、o use a machine for an unlimited number of tasksThe only limitation would be the creativity of the userThe machine was not actually built until 1991But,Lovelace had envisioned it nearly 100 years before that. It was the worlds first computerLovelace is one of the few female pioneers of the computer
32、ageGoogles Doodle honors her by showing her vision from start to finishIt has Lovelace writing her program with a feather pen alongside computers based on her first ideaThe last machine shown; a modern laptop playing music,just as Lovelace had imagined many years ago46Google Doodle celebrated Lovela
33、ces birthday to_Ahonour her achievements in computer programmeBintroduce her life and excellent scientific researchCspread her ideas on mathematics and technologyDshow the history of computer development47Babbage and Lovelace became friends mainly because_ABabbage gave her so much helpBLovelace wrot
34、e him so many letters Cthey had common interest in scienceDthey both studied at Cambridge University48Lovelace didnt agreewith Babbage because she believed_Amath problems could be solved by computer Bfuture computers could accomplish many tasksCcomputers might be only used as a calculatorDBabbages i
35、deas on computer were impractical49The underlined word“envisioned”in Paragraph 6 can be replaced by_.Adiscussed Bliked Cinvented Dforeseen50What does the text mainly talk about?AThe function of the first computerBA female pioneer of computer scienceCThe start of computer 100 years agoDFriendship bet
36、ween Babbage and LovelaceCLast summer in London a lot of shops were terrified of robbers but not David WaterhouseInstead he started an unattended“Honesty Shop”.“People told me I was mad,” says David“They Said:Youre deadEverything will be gone in a day” So far however,his faith in human nature seems
37、to have paid offThe Honesty Shop, based on board a 50-year-old double-decker bus,parked in St Katharine Docks,next to the Tower of London,sells handmade goodsMost things have a price tag of under 20 and customers are trusted to leave the correct amount in an empty boxHaving been open for just over a
38、 week,the shop had boon emptied by paying customersDavid,60,has experienced many things. He grew up in Surrey,went to university in York and started out in motor racing. He appeared as an extra actor in various moviesHe worked as a pig farmer in CornwallNow he runs a houseboat business in London as
39、well as small hotels in Gimmelwald,Switzerland“I dont make a lot of money,”he says,“but I have a lot of funI like new and difficult challenges”It was his farming days in Cornwall that inspired David to start his first Honesty Shop next door to his hotel in Gimmelwald“The village shop had been closed
40、 for 10 years and I wanted to reopen it but wages there are so high that I could not afford to employ anyone to work thereI thought about Cornwall and how people often sell eggs or fruits from unattended stalls at the bottom of their driveways,so I decided to do it that way”The Swiss told him he was
41、 mad yet it has been a great success, selling such locally handmade goods as pottery and wood carvings as well as snacks,drinks and ice creams to tourists and hikers“I think people fail to realize their own:honesty,”he says51At first people thought Davids“Honesty Shop”in London_Awould be a complete
42、failure Bwould make him very richCwould be a great Success D. would make him very famous52The shop is called“the Honesty Shop”because_Athe owner never lies to his customersBshoppers buy and pay all by themselvesCall the products in it are fairly pricedDall the products in it are of high quality53Wha
43、t does Davids first Honesty Shop sell?A. Things people need every day BGoods imported from foreign countriesCArticles priced under20 DProducts made locally by hand54What do we know about David from Paragraph 3?A. He has been working very hard BHe has made a large fortuneCHe has tried different jobs
44、DHe is tired of difficult challenges55David opened the Honesty Shop based on the belief that _.A. honesty is human nature Bmoney means nothing to himC. peoples honesty can be tasted Dmoney means everythingDSurfing for hours on the Interact consumes a lot of electricity and is harmful to the environm
45、entHowever,a new ecological PC saves energy as it operates:it produces about 70 percent less CO2 than conventional computersAs a work tool,a leisure activity resource,and a personal assistant,computers seem to be everywhereYet the environmental performance for todays computers leaves a lot to be imp
46、roved:they rapidly become out of date,and typically contain poisonous materials and individual parts that are difficult to recycleMoreover,they consume plenty of power whose production,in return,causes the release of CO2 into the atmosphere.Employees at the MicroPro Company in Ireland,teaming with c
47、olleagues at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin,have engineered a woodenframe computer with reduced environment impact. As the first computer for its class,the“iameco“(pronounced I-am-eco)was awarded the“EU Ecolabel”,the European Unions environmental label“Th
48、is touch-screen PC has very low energy consumption over the entire lifecycle”explains Alexander Schlosser,scientist at IZMOver the full product life cycle,it releases 70 percent less CO2 than a typical desktop PC with monitorIn addition,it can he easily recycledOf the materials used,98 percent can b
49、e recycledIndeed,20 percent of the computer can be reused immediatelyin other words,many parts can be reused for repairing other computerssuch as parts of the wooden frame,56Paragraph 2 mainly talks about_Athe popularity of computers Bthe latest development of computersCthe improvement of computers
50、Dthe environmental pollution of computers57The“EU Ecolabel”is probably awarded to_Aproducts made of wood B. products saving energyCproducts releasing much CO2 Dproducts made by the EU58The wooden frame is used because_Ait has better appearance Bit can reduce weightCit doesnt break easily Dit can be
51、recycled directly59The author uses figures in the last paragraph to_Arecord valuable data Bgive detailed descriptionCprovide concrete evidence Dintroduce a research method60Whas the text mainly about?AThe fun of surfing the Internet BDisadvantages of the desktop PC 、CThe recycling of computersDBenef
52、its of the new ecological PC.EJess Owens seemed sure to win the long jump at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin,GermanyJust the year before,he had set three world records in one dayHe was the record holder for the running broad jump with 26 feet 8 14 inchesa record that would stand for 25 years As he
53、walked to the long jump pit,however,Owens saw a tall,blue-eyed,blond German taking practice jumps in the 26 foot rangeOwens was nervousHe was aware of the tension created with his presenceHe knew the NaziS(纳粹)desire was to prove their“superiority”,especially over the blacksThe pressure was obvious,a
54、nd on his first jump Owens absentlyjumped from several inches beyond the takeoff boardEmbarrassed,he fouled(犯规)on the second attempt,tooHe was only one foul away from being driven out of the gameAt this point,the tall German approached Owens and introduced himself as Luz LongThen an amazing event to
55、ok placeThe black son of an American farmer and the white model of Nazi manhood chatted in view of the entire stadiumWhat were they talking about? Since the qualifying distance was only 23 feet 5 12 inches,Long suggested making a mark several inches before the takeoff board and jumping from there,ju
56、st to play it safeAmazing! At the beginning of World War II,this model of Germanys strength was providing technical assistance and words of encouragement to an enemy both on and off the fieldOwens qualified easily. In the finals,he set an Olympic record and earned the second of four gold medals duri
57、ng the 1936 OlympicsThe first person to congratulate Owens was Luz Longin full view of Adolf HitlerOwens never saw Long again,for Long was killed in World War II“You could melt(融化)down all the medals and cups I have,”Owens later wrote,“and they wouldnt be plating on the 24-carat(开)friendship I felt
58、for Luz Long”61From the passage we know the Owens_A. felt stressed because Luz Long was in the gameBfouled three times in the qualifying competitionCset the world record in running broad jump at the age of 25Dwon three gold medals in the 1936 Olympics62Which of the pictures shows exactly how Owens p
59、erformed in his first jump?63What can be inferred from Paragraph 5?ALongs suggestion was impracticalBLong was foolish enough to help OwensCThe US and Germany were at war at the timeDTheir competition would last forever64We can learn from the last paragraph that_ALong stayed in touch with Owens BOwen
60、s melted down all the medals and cups he had earned CLong lost his life in a battleDOwens joined the US Army65Which of the following can best describe Luz Long?ABrave and selfless BGreedy and selfishCProud and coldDSmart and confident第卷(共45分)注意事项: 第卷共2页。考生必须使用05毫米黑色签字笔在答题卡上各题目的指定答题区域内作答,在试卷上作答无效。第四部
61、分书面表达(共两节,满分45分)第一节阅读表达(共5小题:每小题3分。满分15分) 阅读下面短文并回答问题,然后将答案写到答案卡相应的位置上(请注意76至79四个小题后面的词数要求)。 1 While mankind has always been seeking beauty,standards for the abstract thing have been changing constantly throughout history 2Walk around an art museum and youre likely to see lots of fat female images i
62、n the artworkFor many centuries,being thin meant that you were ugly and pooryou didnt have enough food to eat and you spent your days working in the fieldsBeing full-figured,on the other hand,was a symbol of_Today,while plenty of experts will point out that pictures of models and famous people are b
63、eautified and Barbie has an impossible-to-achieve figure, both men and women seek to be thin,sometimes through disordered eating,unhealthy amounts of exercise and operation 3Make-up is another thing to which many women today are addictedAncient,Egyptians,Greeks and Romans loved-make upHowever,these
64、early civilizations were exceptions to the rule, as make-up was mostly avoided in the centuries following.Queen Victoria went so far as to call all make-up vulgar(粗俗的)in a public speech,and modesty was the leading beauty trend for many yearsBut thanks to the introduction of movies,make-up came back
65、in a big wayToday,it is a billion-dollar industry4Though beauty might seem like a visual thing,smells also play a big roleJust imgine this:if a supermodel didnt shower for months at a time,would we still consider her beautiful? Being clean is essential for anyone to be considered beautiful,but that
66、would certainly surprise the generations of people who never bathedThey were concerned that wearing no clothes was immoral and the devil(魔鬼)would catch them during their bathNow many of us can hardly go a day without taking a shower or bathAdditionally,in all effort of appearing more attractive, man
67、y of us try to smell like baby powder,flowers and fruits with the help of perfume66What is the main idea of the text?(no more than 8 words)_67Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words(no more than 4 words) _68What methods do some people try to be thin according to the text?(no more than 9 w
68、ords) _69what does the word“it”(Line 6,Paragraph 3)probably refer to? (no more than 2 words) _70Which paragraph might the following sentence belong to?People worried that bathing could lead to serious illness_第二节 写作(满分30分) 假如你是红星中学学生会主席李明,根据学校安排,你给即将到你校任教的外籍教 师MrJack推荐一名学生助手(assistant)。请根据所给提示给MrJack写封推荐信。1欢迎Jack的到;2推荐刘佳做学生助手;3刘佳的基本情况(18岁,高三学生,学校十佳学生);4刘佳的特点与特长(活泼、乐观;电脑技能;沟通能力;英语水平等)。注意:词数:120150;可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。