高三年级英语第四次月考
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。共150分。考试时间120分钟。
第I卷（选择题，共115分）
第一部分：听力理解（共两节，30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒种的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。
1. When do they have the dialogue?
A. At about 7：25. B. At about 7：20. C. At about 7：15.
2. Where will the girl probably go?
A. To Australia. B. To Britain. C. To America.
3. What has happened to the man?
A. He’s broken his arm. B. He’s hurt his arm. C. He’s hurt his leg.
4. Whose CD is it?
A. The man’s son’s. B. The man’s daughter’s. C. The man’s wife’s.
5. Why did the man buy the book?
A. He needed the information in it. B. He wanted to write an advertisement.
C. He needed to write a new book.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，共22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. For how long is each student allowed to use the computer a day?
A. Several minutes. B. One hour. C. A couple of hours.
7. How do some students feel about their keeping machines a bit longer?
A. They feel worried. B. They don’t care. C. They feel unhappy.
8. What do the speakers plan to do tomorrow?
A. Allow students to use the computers long hours.
B. Forbid students to use the computers.
C. Give out a notice to solve the problem.
听第7段材料，回答第9至10题。
9. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. Thunder and sound. B. Thunder and lightning. C. Thunder and science.
10. Why is the man unlikely to see lightning?
A. He is asleep. B. He is reading a science book. C. Perhaps lightning is far away.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Shop assistant and customer. B. Mother and son. C. Teacher and student.
12. What size does the woman want?
A. Size 29. B. Size 89. C. Size 39.
13. How does the woman pay?
A. By personal check. B. By cash. C. By charge.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Why didn’t Joey want to try to play Little League Baseball when he was younger?
A. He didn’t like it. B. He was not certain about himself.
C. Other boys were much better than he is.
15. When did the man’s son begin to play baseball?
A. This year. B. Just now. C. Two years ago.
16. What is the trainer like?
A. He is patient and always gives boys encouragement.
B. He is very sure about himself and always strict with boys.
C. He is friendly and understanding.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How did the writer get back to Vancouver?
A. By land. B. By air. C. By sea.
18. According to the text, what do you think the writer is?
A. She is an artist. B. She is a teacher. C. She is a student.
19. How long did the writer stay in Canada?
A. A week. B. Two weeks. C. A month.
20. Who did the writer meet on the train?
A. She met an American woman. B. She met a Chinese woman. C. She met an Indian woman.
第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. Try to make as _________ spelling and grammatical mistakes as possible when you write a composition.
A. few B. fewer C. less D. little
22. The work is easy for an expert __________ it is difficult for an inexperienced person.
A. because B. therefore C. while D. unless
23. —Mary, ____________ Mr. White wants to see you at the gate.
—That is out of _____________ question. I’ve never known any Mr. White.
A. 不填；不填 B. a；the C. the；不填 D. the；a
24. Don’t disturb me. I __________ letters all the morning and have written ten so far.
A. write B. was writing C. have written D. have been writing
25. She doesn’t normally behave like that; she’s _________.
A. putting it on B. putting it up C. putting it out D. putting it down
26. —Excuse me, is this the right way to No. 1 Middle School?
—Sorry, I’m not sure. But it _________ be.
A. can B. might C. must D. need
27. By the time Juan gets home, his aunt _________ for Puerto Rico.
A. will leave B. leaves C. will have left D. left
28. _________ much I dislike the idea of begging in the street, we should still show consideration for those who are in difficult situations.
A. However B. How C. Whatever D. No matter
29. —Mom, do you still remember your ___ that you will take me to Qingdao this summer vacation?
—Of course I do, but you must pass the entrance examination.
A. advice B. idea C. hope D. promise
30. I really appreciate_____ to help me, but I am sure that I will be able to manage by myself.
A. you to offer B. your offering C. that you offer D. that you are offering
31. The question _________ at the next meeting.
A. discussed B. will discuss C. is being discussed D. is to be discussed
32. We are leaving this afternoon. Can we have our films _________ before noon?
A. developing B. developed C. to develop D. develop
33. It was not until she had arrived home____ remembered her appointment with the doctor.
A. when she B. and she C. that she D. she
34. Mrs. White forgot to tell us _________.
A. what time to start off B. what time we start off C. what time do we start off
D. what time would we start off
35. Just like a voyage at sea, our life journey, ____ days are limited, is full of difficulties.
A. which B. that C. its D. whose
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分；共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My ears are recently full of joyous remarks from my friends such as, “Oh, Beckham is so handsome, so cool that I can’t help falling in love with him!”or “What perfect skills he has!”Yes, I agree_36_some degree, though I sometimes do want to ask them how much they _37__ Beckham, apart from his appearance and how much they know about football__38___scoring goals. It seems funny that we are crazy for things, with which we are unfamiliar or __39__we are uncertain, but we all, my friends ____40____ I, consider this ____41____.
We need these pleasures to brighten up our lives. But that doesn’t mean craziness ____42____ nonsense（胡闹）. As an old saying ____43____, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”We should not judge ____44____ from its appearance. We should all know, it is one’s good character and great contribution that ____45____ one a star and unforgettable. Therefore we’d better say ____46____ about Beckham’s good looks.
If we close our eyes, ____47____ in deep thought, we can find that the things that ____48____ us to be happy or sad ____49____ a clear meaning. If we don’t go deeper and are just satisfied with superficial（表面的）things, ____50____ we will find that we have not really gained anything ____51____ our first impression has blinded and misled us, and we’ll not know the facts we ought to know unless we ____52____ that and make some changes.
It is believed that thinking and going deeper than before is a sign of great ____53____. If one day we are willing to go deeper into everything, no matter how much it ____54____ us, we will finally prove how much we have grown up, how much more sensible, mature, and intelligent we have ____55____.
36. A. to B. on C. in D. at
37. A. learn from B. learn C. know D. know about
38. A. rather than B. except for C. beside D. besides
39. A. with which B. about that C. about which D. which
40. A. not B. as well as C. rather than D. but
41. A. one of life’s pleasures B. one of life’s hopes
C. one of life’s sorrows D. one of life’s regrets
42. A. but B. and C. or D. or else
43. A. speaks B. goes C. talks D. tells
44. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
45. A. make B. cause C. build D. create
46. A. more B. much C. less D. worse
47. A. fall B. falling C. fell D. fallen
48. A. move B. make C. have D. force
49. A. lack B. have C. include D. cover
50. A. in fact B. indeed C. in while D. sooner or later
51. A. so B. even though C. because D. although
52. A. realize B. refuse C. search D. supply
53. A. joy B. progress C. effort D. work
54. A. cares B. pains C. worries D. minds
55. A. come B. made C. had D. become
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Because plants cannot move or speak, most people believe that they have no feeling and that they cannot receive signal from outside. Is this true?
People who study plants have found out that plants carry a small electrical charge. It is possible to measure this charge with a small piece of equipment called a“galvanometer”. The galvanometer is placed on a leaf of a plant, and it shows any change in the electrical field of the leaf. Humans have similar electrical field which can change when we are shocked or frightened.
A man called Backster used a galvanometer for his studies of plants and was very surprised at the results. He found that if he had two or more plants in a room and he began to destroy one of them perhaps by pulling off its leaves or by pulling it out of its pot, the galvanometer on the leaves of other plants showed a change in electrical field. It seemed as if the plants were signaling a feeling of shock. This happened not only when Backster started to destroy plants, but when he destroyed other living things such as pets.
Another plant scientist, named Sauvin, gained similar results to Backster’s. He kept galvanometer fixed to his plants all the time and checked regularly to see what the plants were doing. He found that the plants were sending out signals at the exact time when he felt strong pleasure or pain. A Japanese scientist called Hashimoto, who loved his plants dearly, said that they could talk. He built an equipment which changed the electrical signals of plants into sounds. The sounds were different when different things happened to the plants, for example, when they were moved to a new place or watered. Dr Hashimoto’s wife had talks with the plants. When she spoke to a plant, it answered with a signal which she could hear on Dr Hashimoto’s equipment.
56. A galvanometer is ______________.
A. an equipment B. an electrical charge C. an electrical field D. electricity
57. Backster was quite surprised at the results of his studies because _________.
A. he destroyed a plant by pulling off its leaves and it showed a change in the electrical field
B. he found plants could move and speak after all
C. he found plants could express feeling of shock
D. a pet on a leaf was killed without signaling a feeling of shock
58. The plant scientist called Sauvin __________.
A. did not agree to Backster’s ideas
B. was against Backster’s conclusion
C. did not get the same result as Backster did
D. found out some of the same results
59. Dr Hashimoto’s plants could speak to Mrs. Hashimoto because ___________.
A. she talked to them B. they were moved
C. his equipment changed their signals into sounds
D. they were able to make different sounds when different things happened to them.
B
Nowadays, millions of lonely singles are now going online instead. The World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker（媒人）.
Singles are flocking（涌向）to the Internet mainly because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant other. Using dating sites（约会网址）is quick and convenient. Many singles say the regular dating scene has just led them from one bad experience to another and are ready to try something else. Dating sites also make it easy to avoid someone you are not interested in. In the real world, however, ignoring someone you don’t like can be difficult.
Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren’t always those who they declare to be in their online description. Safety is another concern. You are just likely to find a criminal online as you are Mr. Or Miss Right.
Online dating experts recommend following a few safety tips:
Guard your personal information. Never give out your personal information online. This includes your last name, phone number, home address and place of work.
Watch for red flags. Do any of the people you are chatting with make disrespectful comments? Do they try to control you? Do they give false information about themselves? If so, forget them!
Meet in a safe place. When meeting someone in person, choose a public location with other people around.
Following these tips and you might be able to find the person of your dreams.
60. According to the passage, many lonely singles don’t appreciate the regular dating scene because it is _____________.
A. unpopular B. troublesome C. convenient D. forgettable
61. The underlined words in the second paragraph“a significant other”mean “________”.
A. a true friend B. a matchmaker C. a marriage partner D. a happy family
62. Which of the following is NOT a suitable place for meeting someone you get to know through the Internet for the first time?
A. At his / her house. B. At the museum. C. At McDonald’s. D. At the bookstore.
63. From this passage, we can infer that ____________.
A. there are mostly homely and unemployed people online
B. the police had better find criminals online
C. we can find love only through the dating sites
D. following safety tips ensures a safe online dating experience
C
The 92-year-old small and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, even though she is almost blind, was moved to a nursing home today. Her husband of 15 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the hall of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered（奋力摇动）her wheelchair to the lift, the nurse provided a visual（视觉的）description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,”she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new lovely pet dog. “Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room...just wait.”
“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,”she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged...it’s how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it...”
“It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice to either accept changes and look for the best in them, or worry about its that may never happen. I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the parts that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I make the choice not to focus on the things that have happened to me, but rather the things that I have made happen.”
64. The old lady in the passage can be best described as _________________.
A. proud and ignorant B. wise and happy C. blind and sad D. strong and brave
65. The old lady was happy because ________________.
A. she was moved to her new home
B. the nurse had given her a wonderful description of her room
C. she saw her room was well arranged
D. she had decided to be happy
66. Every morning, the old lady will _____________.
A. get prepared for the difficulties B. try to make the best of what she can control
C. avoid any changes in her life D. try to use every part of her body
D
We live in an era（时期）of specialization. To really succeed it is necessary to be an expert in one particular field. That leaves little chance for someone to become a well-rounded person. And a person who has good ability in several areas without being exceptional in any has little chance of real success. For the most part the Renaissance（文艺复兴时期）Man is not to be found in our modern world. We are all poorer for it.
There was a time when a well-rounded person was most highly respected. He was looked up to and admired as a complete man. Leonardo do Vinci was such a man. A painter, a poet, a sculptor（雕塑家）, he also gave us such basic concepts of our modern life as the helicopter. Of course he was an exceptionally brilliant man—a true genius. But he is only one representative of his era. There were lots of other men very similar to him in attitude if not in talent. Such a man was truly human.
Unfortunately the situation is different today. It’s not so much that we no longer respect such a man. That kind of man simply has too hard a time surviving in our competitive world. Even a specialist like Nixon cannot survive. One of the few Renaissance Men we hear about today is John Galbraith. He may not be a Kennedy or a Kissinger, but only because he excels（超越）them. Here is someone for the man-in-the-street to look up to.
67. The purpose of this passage is ____________.
A. to explain when our era was characterized by specialization
B. to compare the time of Leonardo do Vinci with our time
C. to argue that in order to really succeed we must have specialized knowledge and skills
D. to show that the Renaissance Men were truly human
68. There are so few Renaissance Men today because _____________.
A. few people have outstanding ability
B. people are too specialized
C. well-rounded people are not needed
D. people pay great respect to experts
69. It can be inferred that in order to survive today, one has to ___________.
A. win respect from others B. be an expert in a certain field
C. be well-rounded D. know a lot in every field
70. Which of the following men does the author feel is most exceptional?
A. Nixon. B. Kissinger. C. Kennedy. D. Galbraith.
71. The expression“man-in-the-street”in the last sentence of the passage most probably means ____.
A. an average man B. a specialist C. an exceptional man D. a good politician
E
Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize（批评）others as they are similar to or different from it. And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted（被歪曲）one. Here is a great argument in favor of foreign travel and learning foreign languages. It is only by traveling in, or living in, a country and getting to know its citizens and their language, that one can find out what a country and its people are like. And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all!
Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to do so. The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. With almost the whole of Western Europe belonging to the European Economic Community and the increasing standardization this brings about, plus the much greater rapidity and ease（容易）of travel, there might seem some truth in this—at least as far as Europe is concerned. However this may be, at least the greater ease of travel today has revealed（显示）to more people than ever before that Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different animal from themselves.
72. The author has made all of the following statements EXCEPT that __________.
A. there are differences between peoples
B. the increasing standardization is the result of the expansion（扩张）of the EEC
C. there are more similarities than differences between peoples
D. the Englishman is some different animal from other people
73. This passage is mostly concerned with the topic of ______________.
A. advantages of the EEC B. viewpoints on the cultures
C. learning foreign languages D. attitudes towards other countries
74. This passage seems to attach importance to ____________.
A. the greater ease of travel nowadays than before
B. the uncontrollable tendency to identification（同化，一体化）
C. the similarities in terms of way of life between cultures
D. the differences between European people and other nations
75. Which of the following is the author’s own point of view?
A. Every country tends to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it.
B. Differences between peoples will always continue to exist.
C. We are rapidly approaching the state that all the different nationalities behave exactly alike.
D. Other peoples are not so different from ourselves as we thought to be.
第II卷（共35分）
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）
第一节：情景作文（20分）
同学们就中学生是否应该带手机上学持不同意见。请你根据下列信息，给校报英文版投稿，客观介绍你班讨论的情况。
注意：
1. 文章的开头已为你写好。
2. 词数不少于60。
My class had a discussion on whether mobile phones should be brought to school. The students hold different opinions.
第二节：开放作文（15分）
根据下面的提示，写一段接续文字。
注意：词数不少50。
Your class is having a discussion with the topic“In what ways do you think computers can help you in your life?”Every student is supposed to express his / her idea. The following is the beginning of your talk. Read and complete it.
I think that computers help me in many ways.
【试题答案】
第一部分：
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A
6. B 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. C
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. C
16. A 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. C
第二部分：
21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. A
26. B 27. C 28. A 29. D 30. B
31. D 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. D
36. A 37. D 38. D 39. C 40. B
41. A 42. C 43. B 44. D 45. A
46. C 47. B 48. A 49. B 50. D
51. C 52. A 53. B 54. B 55. D
第三部分：
56. A 57. C 58. D 59. C 60. B
61. C 62. A 63. D 64. B 65. D
66. B 67. C 68. B 69. B 70. D
71. A 72. D 73. B 74. A 75. D
第四部分：
第一节：情景作文
One Possible Version:
...Some think that students can bring a mobile phone to school because it has many advantages. If you have a mobile phone, you can contact your parents and friends easily. You can also take pictures and enjoy music. Besides, it’s fashionable to have a mobile phone. But others don’t think it’s a good idea to bring mobiles to school, because with them students may not pay attention to their lessons. If by chance the phone is not turned off, the ringing will disturb the class. Furthermore, using mobile phones will add to their parents’ economic burdens.
第二节：开放作文
One Possible Version:
... I can practice English with computers and communicate with them in English. I can listen to music or watch videos through computers, and the quality of the music and videos played by computers is superb. By computers, I can communicate with friends far away, or even see them while talking with them. I believe that computers will help me in more and more ways in my life.
听力原文：
Text 1
W：Excuse me for being late.
M：Never mind. You’re not too late. The film will start at 7:30. We still have five minutes to go.
Text 2
M：I hear you’re planning to study in the States next year. Is it really true?
W：Well, my professor is suggesting that.
M：You should have a try.
Text 3
W：What’s the matter? Are you hurt?
M：I slipped on the stairs and fell down. I think my arm is broken.
W：Let me have a look. I don’t think it’s broken, but we’d better go to see the doctor.
Text 4
W：Can I help you?
M：Yes, John and Linda, my son and my daughter, bought this CD for their mother’s birthday, but it doesn’t work. So I’d like to exchange it.
W：I see. Do you have the receipt with you?
Text 5
W：You bought another book on advertisements?
M：This book has the details I need.
Text 6
W：Hi, Jim, got a minute?
M：Sure, come in, what’s on your mind?
W：Oh, that’s the plan for the students about the use of computers.
M：What’s the trouble?
W：The students are supposed to use the computers for only one hour a day because so many students need to use them every day.
M：I can see that.
W：Well, now it seems that some of the students aren’t willing to give up their machines when the hour is over.
M：I suppose they feel that it doesn’t matter very much to keep them a few minutes more.
W：Yes, but this makes it hard for those who are waiting to use the machines.
M：You’re right. Let’s prepare a notice right now, and we can pass it out tomorrow to clear up the problem.
Text 7
M：Did you hear the thunder last night?
W：Yes. I was awake at that time. It was really loud.
M：I didn’t see any lightning though. I thought thunder and lightning always occur together.
W：What makes you believe that?
M：A science book says, when lightning quickly beats the air, it will cause thunder.
W：I guess you didn’t read the whole article because the book also says if the lightning is very high in the sky, you might not see that.
Text 8
M：Good morning, madam. May I help you?
W：Good morning. I’m looking for a sweater in size 39.
M：Here’s your size. This one is on sale for $89.
W：Will it be warm enough when it’s cold?
M：It’s very warm. It’s made of wool.
W：Is it washable?
M：Yes, it’s machine washable. It’s very convenient.
W：OK, I’ll take it.
M：Cash or charge?
W：Do you accept personal checks?
M：I’m sorry. We don’t accept personal checks at this store.
W：Then I’ll pay cash.
Text 9
W：Joey will be playing Little League Baseball for the first time this year.
M：Oh, my son joined a team two years ago.
W：I tried to get him interested when he was younger, but he didn’t want to try. He is not sure of himself.
M：Little League is a good way to help him with that.
W：He is too old for Tee ball and most of his friends are in Little League, so he’s willing to go for it.
M：I hope he gets on the team with my son. Their trainer is very patient and always gives the kids a lot of encouragement.
W：Joey’s a little worried because some of the other kids have been playing for two years and they’re much better than he is.
M：You’d better tell him not to worry. There’ll be other kids just starting. He’ll fit right in.
Text 10
Dear Kathy,
Thank you very much for inviting Yunbo and me to your house for dinner. We really enjoyed our visit with you and your wonderful family. Please say“Hi”to Glen and Christopher for us.
Our last two weeks in Canada were wonderful. At the end of our visit, we took a train ride cross Canada back to Vancouver. The scenery was beautiful. On the train I sat next to an interesting woman from India. We might write to each other.
We’ve been back in China for almost two weeks now. It has been very cold since our arrival in Beijing. I’ve been teaching a new course in English conversation for almost a week. I’m preparing my lesson plans right now. Yunbo is working on a new television documentary now. The project is very interesting. Also he’s been painting a lot since our return to Beijing. I’m going to buy him water color paints for his birthday next month. I’m sure he’ll like them.
Last week David invited us to dinner but we couldn’t go. So he is coming to our house for dinner next Saturday night. We’re looking forward to hearing all about his new work.
I hope that you and your family are doing well. We’d like you to visit us in China. We won’t forget your kindness to us. Yunbo sends his regards to everyone.
Sincerely
Liu Mei