桂林十八中2014秋季高三上学期第一次月考英语试题（附答案）

municate with an e-friend
2.What will the man probably do?
A.Buy a newspaper
B.Put up an ad in the paper
C.Go to the woman’s office
3.What is the relationship between the speakers?
A.Classmates
B.Workmates
C.Roommates
4.What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A.Matches
B.Hobbies
C.Soccer
5.What will the speakers give George?
A.A bike
B.A guitar
C.Some videos
第二节（共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22．5分）
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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. Where is the camera?
A. In the woman’s bag.
B. In the man’s hand luggage.
C. In the woman’s hand luggage.
7. What is the woman’s attitude towards the man’s words?
A. Nervous. B. Happy. C. Impatient.
8. What did the woman probably forget?
A. The tickets. B. The passports. C. The traveller’s cheques.
听第7段材料，回答第9 至11题。
9. When did the woman lose her mobile phone?
A. On her way home.
B. On her way to a bank.
C. On her way to a football game.
10. What is the man’s advice?
A. Call the insurance company.
B. Report the loss to the police.
C. Phone the bus company.
11. What time is it probably?
A. 9:40. B. 10:00 C. 10:20
听第 8段材料,回答第 12至 14题。
12. What is the woman doing?
A. Registering in a company.
B. Writing a short self-description.
C. Asking for a form from a matchmaking company.
13. Why does the woman’s friend like the matchmaking company?
A. She doesn’t have to pay for the register.
B. She can know different kinds of people.
C. She can meet people who like the same things.
14. What does the woman think of the matchmaking company?
A. It is helpful. B. It is reliable. C. It is effective.
听第 9段材料,回答第 15至 17题。
15. How does Andrew communicate with people?
A. He sends them e-mails.
B. He likes to have a regular meeting.
C. He talks with them through the telephone.
16. What does the woman suggest doing?
A. Having a talk with Andrew.
B. Asking Andrew to set up a meeting.
C. Asking other colleagues about the scheme.
17. What do the speakers think of the scheme?
A. It is reasonable. B. It is unacceptable. C. It is beneficial.
听第10段材料，回答18至20题。
18. Where does the speaker probably work?
A. In a museum.
B. In a travel agency.
C. In a car sales centre.
19. What does the speaker mainly talk about?
A. Exhibitions of films.
B. Exhibitions of vehicles.
C. Exhibitions of music.
20. Which is the world’s first jet ski?
A. The one from Mr Bean.
B. The one from Die Another Day.
C. The one from The Spy Who Loved Me.
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 ，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中选出最佳选项 ，并在 题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Then I met an agent（代理商）who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book deal ― that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for. It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck ― of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同）of the publisher ― to be a published writer ― is unbelievably rewarding.
21. The author decided to write a novel ______.
A. to finish the writing course B. to realize her own dream C. to satisfy readers’ wish D. to earn more money
22. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?
A. Disturbed. B. Ashamed. C. Confident D. Uncertain.
23. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?
A. It pays to stick to one’s goal. B. Hard work can lead to success.
C. She feels like being unexpectedly lucky. D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.



B
SPORTS EVENTS
BASKETBALL:
Central Sports Centre. City Road.
All Stars vs Rockets, Saturday 8: 30 p.m. $12
Northerners vs Tigers, Sunday noon $14
BUSHWALKING (越野走)：
Meet at Wanda Station, Saturday 9:00 a.m. sharp for 3-hour walk to Canary Mountains. $7, ph 341-5432 Meet at Westley Station, Sunday 9:00 a.m. sharp for a full day walk to Wombak Valley. $5, ph 341-8643. Bring your own lunch.
FOOTBALL:
St Martins Sports Centre
St Martins vs Doonsberg, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $8
Eastside Central vs Light Hill, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $8
Neill Park Recreation Centre
Neill Park vs Robinson, Saturday 2:00 p.m. $11
Essen vs Springwood, Sunday 2:00 p.m. $11
LAWN BOWLS(草坪滚木球）：
Tans Town B.C
Tans Town vs White Vale, Saturday 9:00 p.m. $10
Wake Hill B.C.
Wake Hill vs Colls, Saturday 2: 00 p.m. $9
24. According to the passage, the most popular time for the sporting events may be ____.
A. Sat 8:30 pm B. Sun noon C. Sun 2:00 pm D. Sat 2:00 pm
25. The purpose of the passage is to let people ____.
A. compare the prices of the matches
B. find the nearest place to watch a match
C. know the sport matches and come to watch them
D. spend their money on these matches wisely
26. You may find the passage most probably in a ____.
A. handbook B. newspaper about match reviews C. magazine about ball matches D. notice
27. If you have $18, you can go to watch both ____.
A. Walk Hill vs Colls and Essen vs Springwood
B. All Stars vs Rockets and the bushwalking at Westley Station
C. Neill Park vs Robinson and Eastside Central vs Light Hill
D. St Matins vs Doonsberg and Northerners vs Tigers
C
“To find something so unusual in this day and age is just extraordinary,” said Timmins. “For all we know, this could be the last remaining animal family left to be discovered.”
It’s a big deal to discover an entirely new family of animals. Humans, for instance, belong to the same family as great apes, chimpanzees, and gorillas. So even though kha-nyous look like rats, they’re really very different. The last time scientists discovered a new family of mammals may have been in the 1970s, when they found new bats in Thailand.
Timmins seems to have the gift for finding new animals in Laos―he discovered a new species of rabbit there in 1999.
Scientists call the kha-nyou Laonastes aenigmamus, which means “mysterious mouse that lives among the stones.”But if that's too hard, Timmins and Robinson suggest you call them “rock rats”.
28. Which of the following is not the name for this new creature?
A. Karsts. B. Kha-nyou. C. rock rats. D. Laonastes aenigmamus.
29. Which of the following cannot describe the new species of rodent?
A. They live among the rocky hills of Laos.
B. They live on meat of other animals.
C. They look like rats but are of different kind.
D. They are of the latest discovery of a new species.
30. Which of the following is the last discovery of new species of animal except the rodent?
A. A new kind of bats. B. Great apes. C. A new kind of squirrel. D. A new kind of rabbit.
31. It implies in the passage that ______.
A. finding a new animal family in Southeast Asia is easy
B. finding a new animal family in modern time is extremely rare
C. in Southeast Asia new species of animals are often discovered
D. animals that look like the same are of the same family
D
The movies just wouldn’t be the same without the warm buttery taste of popcorn. Amazingly, this delicious treat started its life as a corn kernel (玉米粒) , not just from any corn. Popcorn is a type of sweet corn that was originally grown in Mexico and spread to China, India and elsewhere. It is the only kind of corn that will pop. Today, most of the world’s popcorn is grown in the United States.
Every popcorn kernel contains a tiny drop of water，surrounded by soft starch (淀粉). When the popcorn is heated, the water turns into steam. This puts pressure on the surrounding hard kernel, forcing it to explode. The soft starch increases about 40 times in size as the corn kernel turns itself inside out.
In the 1500s popcorn was an important food source for the Aztec Indians of central and southern Mexico. But it wasn’t only food. It was also used in ceremonies or on red dresses and in necklaces. By the time the Europeans arrived in America，popcorn had spread through most of the American Indians.
Some early American settlers ate popcorn with cream and sugar for breakfast. But it wasn’t until the late 1800s that popcorn became popular. The demand for popcorn increased and farmers began farming popcorn. The first mobile popping machine was invented in 1885, and popcorn was sold by street sellers much like hot dogs that are sold today.
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the popcorn business still thrived as people could still afford it. Then in the 1950s television arrived and popcorn consumption decreased. People stayed home and stopped going to the theatre. But the link between movies and popcorn had already existed. Soon people began making popcorn at home on the stove and, later，microwave popcorn was introduced. Today the movies have regained popularity and popcorn has once again become the favorite.
32. Popcorn was first planted in________.
A. China B. America C. India D. Mexico
33. Why does the corn kernel pop when heated?
A. Because it is covered with soft starch. B. Because the pressure inside is too big.
C. Because the starch becomes bigger in size. D. Because there is water inside the kernel.
34. We can know from the passage that________.
A. popcorn began to be farmed in the late 1800s
B. popcorn was only a kind of food in the 1500s
C. hot dogs used to be sold by street sellers
D. people stop eating popcorn while watching movies now
35. The underlined word “thrived” in the fifth paragraph probably means “________”.
A. started to disappear B. was seriously affected C. suffered a lot D. developed very well
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） （注：本题为新课改内容）
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。
What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, red? 36 Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, as well as the effect that colors have on human beings. 37 . If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
38 A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. 39 . A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides(自杀) than any other bridge in the area---until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply. Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.
40 . It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.
A. On the other hand, black is depressing.
B. They tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favorite color as grow up --- we are born with our preference.
C. The rooms are painted in different colors as you like.
D. If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.
E. Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active.
F. Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colors.
G. Colors do influence our moods---there is no doubt about it
第三部分 英语知识运用（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佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every night, my mother would come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.
I don't remember when it first started 41 me -----her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did make me annoyed, for they felt work - worn and 42 against my young skin．Finally, one night, I shouted at her: ?Don’t do that any more ?your 43 are too rough! She didn’t say anything in 44 . But never again did my mother close out my day with that 45 expression of her love．
Time after time, with the 46 years, my thoughts returned to that night. I'm not a little girl any more．Mom is in her mid - seventies, and those hands I 47 thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my 48 .
Now, my own children are 49 . Mom no longer has Dad. It was late on that Thanksgiving Eve, as I went to sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand 50 before stealing across my face to brush the 51 from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so 52 touched my brow. In my 53 , thousands of times, I 54 the night my young voice complained. 55 Mom’s hand in my hand, I said how 56 I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did, 57 Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten ― and 58 ―long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new 59 for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the 60 I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．
41．A. surprising B. hurting C. annoying D. amazing
42．A. rough B. gentle C. smooth D. strong
43．A. noises B. words C. hands D. feelings
44．A. anger B. silence C. fear D. reply
45．A. healthy B. familiar C. popular D. perfect
46．A. coming B. remaining C. following D. passing
47．A. often B. even C. never D. once
48．A. family B. neighbor C. husband D. home
49．A. developed B. grown C. moved D. forgotten
50．A. imagined B. hesitated C. regretted D. trembled
51．A. hair B. tears C. dirt D. kisses
52．A. quickly B. roughly C. gently D. slowly
53．A. memory B. opinion C. history D. diary
54．A. chanced B. missed C. hated D. recalled
55．A. Beating B. Catching C. Picking D. Stopping
56．A. happy B. annoyed C. sorry D. amused
57．A. and B. while C. because D. but
58．A. remembered B. faded C. forgiven D. apologized
59．A. hope B. appreciation C. thought D. approval
60．A. guilt B. pride C. sorrow D. failure
第Ⅱ卷（共50分）
注意事项：
用0.5 毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） （注：本题为新课改内容）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
M: Good morning, Miss, what do you need today?
W: Depends on 61_________price!
M: We’ve got some beautiful fresh fish--straight off the boat this morning! Have a look at this salmon. You won’t find a 62__________(fresh) piece of fish in town!
W: How 63_______for the kilo?
M: $34.99 for everyone else, 64_________I’ll give it to you for $33 a kilo. What do you say?
W: Barnacles 65_________(sell) salmon for $26 a kilo last week.
M: $26 a kilo? It is 66___________（possible)! Barnacles never sells fresh fish anyway, just the 67__________(freeze) stuff. My fish is 68______the best quality.
W: I’ll give you $28 a kilo. What do you say?
M: Miss, I have to feed my family too! I paid the fisherman $30 a kilo 69_________ that salmon. I can’t go cheaper than $31 a kilo.
W: Alright. Did I hear $30 a kilo?
M: Very cheeky(厚颜无耻的)，Miss. Just today, but don’t tell 70_______neighbors.
第四部分 写作（共两节；满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） （注：本题为新课改内容）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线（___），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
In the first day when I went to work in a very famous restaurant, my boss complained that there were very a few people coming for dinner. So I am “invited” to have a meal in the restaurant. After ordered two French dishes and some food, I began to look frequently at their watch timing the serving of the meal. Meanwhile, I looked around to see that there was anything else wrong there. I wrote something improper down secret. My meal was not serving yet. I looked at my watch: 32 minutes passed! I realized that wait too long for service was the main reason why the business was poor. Then I wrote a report about my findings and presented it the boss.
笫二节 书面表达（满分25分）
据报道，某女青年持假文凭就职某公司。她能力较强，工作出色，但后来假文凭被查出，公司以她缺乏诚信为由解雇了她。你认为公司这种做法如何？我们应该看重诚信还是能力? 请谈谈你的看法。
注意：词数100左右 参考词汇：假文凭 fake diploma 诚信 honesty

高三第一次月考答案
听力： 1-5CCABA 6-10BCAAB 11-15ABCBA 16-20CBABC
阅读理解：21-23 BDA 24-27 DCDB 28-31 ABDB 32-35 DBAD 36-40 DBGAE
完型填空：41-45 CACDB 46-50 DDABB 51-55ACADB 56-60 CDCBA
语法填空：61.the 62.fresher 63.much 64.but 65.sold
66.impossible 67.frozen 68.of 69.for 70.other
短文改错：71.第一句 第一个in改为on。 72a few 改为few。 73第二句 am改为was。
74.第三句 ordered改为 ordering。75. their改为my。 76. 第四句that改为whether。
77. 第五句 secret改为secretly 78. 第六句 serving改为served。
79. 第八句 wait改为waiting。 80. 第九句 the boss前加to。