1、2017 届安徽省六安市第一中学高三下学期第九次月考英语试题第 I 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1.When did the man visit Yellowstone Park?A.This year. B.Last year. C.The year before last.2.What is the weather l
2、ike now?A.Sunny. B.Windy. C.Rainy.3.What does the man mean?A.The dish is new on the menu. B.The dish is a good bargain. C.The dish is quite healthy.4.Why didnt the man go to the exhibition?A.The ticket was too expensive.B.Getting tickets would take too much time.C.He doesnt care for Da Vincis painti
3、ngs.5.What will the man do?A.Invite his friends. B.Prepare some food. C.Go pack the car.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、7 题。6.Where did the man plan to go yest
4、erday?A.Cambridge. B.Tate Modem. C.The London Eye.7.What day is it probably today?A.Saturday. B.Friday. C.Monday.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8.What is the mans new book about?A.A shy girls growth. B.A brave girls adventures. C.Some ugly but kind beasts.9.What is the man probably going to do in two months?A.V
5、isit a friend. B.Write another book. C.Take a holiday.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Which number did the woman press?A.1. B.2. C.3.11.What do we know about History 107?A.It is very difficult. B.It is quite popular. C.It is very useful.12.What does the man offer to do for the woman?A.Put her on a waiting
6、 list. B.Put her through to a number. C.Give her some coins for the call.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.What is the man doing?A.Offering help. B.Making an introduction. C.Asking for advice.14.What does the woman think of collecting umbrellas?A.Expensive. B.Unusual. C.Interesting.15.What does the woman sa
7、y about stamp collections?A.It helps get her mind off her work.B.A rare set of stamps is worth a fortune.C.Building a good stamp collection is not difficult.16.What will the man probably take up as a hobby?A.Playing golf. B.Collecting electronics. C.Playing the violin.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.How
8、long did Donna work for the Peace Corps?A.Three months. B.Two years. C.Three years.18.What was Donna assigned to do in Brazil?A.Carry out a cultural exchange program.B.Work on an agricultural project.C.Teach Portuguese.19.What did Donna do first after she went back to Brazil?A.A farmer. B.A journali
9、st. C.An English teacher.20.How does Donna make extra money to support herself?A.By renting her apartment to someone.B.By writing stories for newspapers.C.By planting crops.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 A.B.C.D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。ATea drinking was common in China
10、for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea.People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like,mainly because tea was very expensive.It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only bec
11、ause it was a fashionable curiosity.Some of them were not sure how to use it.They thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves.Then they served them mixed with butter and salt.They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to t
12、heir children as sandwiches.Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century.During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to
13、 buy it.At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea.Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it,but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added.She found it so pleasant that she would never aga
14、in drink it without milk.Because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did,so they also drank their tea with milk in it.Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few British people drink tea without milk.At first,tea was usually drunk
15、 after dinner in the evening.No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it.She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so,tea-tim
16、e was born.21.Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?A.British people were the first people in Europe who drank tea.B.It was not until the 17th century that British people had tea.C.British people got expensive tea from India.D.Tea reached Britain from Holland.22.What
17、 does this passage most probably talk about?A.It talks about how British people got the habit of drinking teaB.It talks about how tea became a popular drink in BritainC.It talks about the history of tea drinking in BritainD.It talks about how tea-time was born23.People in Europe began to drink tea w
18、ith milk because .A.tea with milk stopped people getting a sinking feelingB.people followed the way a French lady drank teaC.tea with milk was then a fashionable curiosityD.tea with milk tasted much more pleasant24.We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly du
19、e to the influence of .A.the upper social class B.the ancient ChineseC.a famous French lady D.people in HollandBAn Israeli law banning too skinny models went into effect with the start of 2013.The law,approved last March in Israel,requires models to prove they have maintained a Body Mass Index (BMI)
20、 of at least 18.5 for three months before a fashion show.That means a woman who is 68 inches tall can weigh no less than 119 pounds.“This law is another step in the war against eating disorders,” said physician Adatto.“Underweight models,” he explained,“can no longer serve as role models for innocen
21、t young people who copy their false image of being skinny.”But some critics in this country say it is misguided,focusing on weight instead of health.They also say the Israeli ban is bound to fail because of the strong power of the fashion industry.“I think its an approach that isnt going to work.” s
22、aid eating disorder expert Susan Ice,who worked with an organization which creates a healthy working environment for models.But Adatto told the reporter that he began to concern the issue after meeting an ambitious model who looked like she needed to be hospitalized.He said.“I realized that only leg
23、islation (立法) can change the situation.There was no time to waste; so many girls were dieting to death.”However,the efforts to regulate models,weight in Spain and Italy have not resulted in significant changes in part because of difficulties in determining reliable methods of measuring weight and he
24、alth.Still,folks including Ice say there，s no denying that images from Hollywood and the fashion industry can be difficult for young women to deal with.“Certainly I dont believe the modeling industry has caused the rise in eating disorders,but it makes it harder,” she says.“Its a difficult recovery
25、environment,worshiping thinness as the beauty ideal.”25.One benefit the new Israeli law may bring is .A.to change the working conditions of modelsB.to prevent models from suffering from eating disordersC.to provide guidance for women worshiping thinnessD.to lower the chance of skinny models death26.
26、In the opinion of the critics,the law wont succeed because .A.it misleads young women to form a bad eating habit.B.the fashion industry is much too influential.C.it doesnt create a healthy working environment for models.D.it doesnt provide a proper approach that can work well.27.What caused Adatto t
27、o think that a law was needed to change the situation?A.Being interviewed by a reporter. B.Establishing his fashion model agent.C.Meeting an ambitious but too skinny model. D.Seeing a model die from eating disorders.28.According to the passage,the new Israeli law banning skinny models is .A.practica
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46、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。How do you enter a room full of strangers? Do you walk right in full of confidence? Or do you try to slip in without being noticed? 36.In life,we admire those who do their tasks confidently.We prefer people who appear to know what t
47、hey are doing.But where does that confidence begin?Developing self-confidence starts very early.Ifs parents role to get kids on the right track toward becoming confident people.37.That can be done by focusing on the childs strengths.Parents should encourage their children to try new things and take
48、risks.When children make mistakes,their parents should still let them know that they are loved.Children whose parents do these things will likely develop into confident adults.38 So whats the solution?With most things in life,practice makes perfect,and that is true of confidence skills.39.Always hol
49、d your head high and look people in the eye.Answer questions clearly and confidently.Focus on the things that you do well,and look for opportunities to use those abilities.Prepare thoroughly for every project.Youll approach the task more confidently knowing that you are ready.40.It could be a good test score or a prize from a contest.Remind yourself that one success often leads to the next.However,all humans fail at times,and you will too.Even with effor
