1、内蒙古杭锦后旗奋斗中学 2017 届高三上学期第三次月考英语试题第 卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第 1 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. What does the man mean?A. He doesnt think it useful. B. He thinks well of it. C. He hopes to learn.2. Why ar
2、e tens of thousands of Africans studying in China?A. To learn skills. B. To gain financial assistance.C. To learn Chinese cultures.3. How did Diana Nyad feel after receiving Order of Sporting Merit award?A. Amazed. B. Lucky. C. Delighted.4. What are they talking about?A. The losses of an earthquake.
3、 B. An earthquake. C. The injured.5. What was Richard Attenborough?A. An actor and writer. B. A director and reporter. C. An actor and director.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
4、遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Friends. B. Husband and wi fe. C. Teacher and students.7. How will they keep in touch?A. By phone. B. By letter. C. By e-mail.听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8、9 题。8. Where are the two speakers?A. In a room. B. In an office. C. In the street.9. Wh
5、at is mainly troubling the woman?A. That her husband hasnt returned. B. The air-conditioner. C. The heat.听第 8 段材料, 回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where does the man want to go?A. To a lecture. B. To a concert. C. To a movie.11. What is the problem with taking the shuttle bus？A. The bus doesnt go directly to the
6、Music Building. B. The bus goes slowly to the Music Building. C. The bus will not come for a while.12. What does the man finally decide to do?A. Walk. B. Wait for the bus. C. Think of another plan.听第 9 段材料, 回答第 13 至 16 题。13. When was the first Munich Oktoberfest held in Beijing?A. In 2012. B. In 201
7、3. C. In 2014.14. What is Jike Junyi?A. A songwriter. B. A pianist. C. A star.15. How did the man feel when hearing of the album Who We Are?A. Curious. B. Shocked. C. Satisfied.16. What are they talking about?A. 2014 Munich Oktoberfest in Beijing. B. The band forming Black Panther.C. So many Chinese
8、 singers at Munich Oktoberfest in Beijing.听第 10 段材料, 回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Why did I take a plane?A. To go home. B. To make a travel. C. To go to scho ol.18. How did I feel in a window seat?A. Relaxed. B. Lonely. C. Helpless.19. What can we learn from the story?A. I kept in touch with the girl. B. The g
9、irl had great influence on me.C. I kept wondering how to meet the girl again.20. What do I mainly talk about in the passage?A. The connection between strangers.B. Helping others is certain to benefit us.C. Strangers are not always frightening.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 来源:学.科.网 Z.X.X.K第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题 2
10、 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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑AThe booking notes of the play “the Age of Innocence”:Price: 10BOOKING : There are four easy ways to book seats for performance:in personThe Box Office is open Monday to Saturday, 10 a. m. -8 p. m. by telephoneRing 01324976 to reserve your
11、 tickets or to pay by credit card（Visa, MasterCard and Amex accepted）by postSimply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office. on lineComplete the on-line booking form at www. Satanfied DISCOUNTS:Saver: 2 off any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday
12、to Thursday. Savers are available for children up to 16 years old, and full-time students. Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion. It is advisable to book in advance. There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space w
13、ill be held until an hour before the show. Standby: best available seats are on sale for 6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible（ suitable）for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers. Group Bookings: there is a ten per cent discount for par
14、ties of twelve or more. School: school parties of ten or more can book 6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free. Please note: we are unable to exchange tickets or refund money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. 21. If you want to book a ticket
15、, you CANNOT _Ag o to the Box Office on Sundays.Bring the booking number and pay for the tickets by credit card.Cuse the Internet.Dcomplete a booking form and post it to the Box Office.22. According to the notes, who can get 2 off?AThe people who book the tickets on Fridays.BAn 18-year-old teenager.
16、CA 55-year-old woman.DA 20-year-old full-time college student.23. If you make a group booking for a group of 14 adults, how much should you pay?A120 B 126 C140 D150B.Nobody likes an old poop（傻子）. Developing a sense of humor is part of becoming a mature, emotionally healthy individual. Laughter is go
17、od for the soul, builds friendships and relieves stress. It serves as the glue for social situations and as an ice-breaker for sadness and boredom. If youve ever been told to “lighten up” or “chill out”, you should save the blue attitude for serious situations and develop your sense of humor.Forgive
18、 the accidental. A sudden fall is humorous not because we like to see people fall, but because it surprises. From a spilled（溢出）water glass in a meeting to Aunt Raes teeth coming off in the Thanksgiving turkey, the embarrassment of accidents can be relieved by humor and a helping hand. After making s
19、ure that nobodys hurt, forgive accidents with a chuckle（咯咯地笑） rather than a scolding.Look for the unexpected. The kid who used to look at you with his eyes closed during a test had the idea. Parents who serve green eggs and ham to their children on graduation day get the idea. Unexpected actions lig
20、hten an atmosphere and relax people.Learn to laugh with your kids. Most of what children say and do is funny. Help them learn t hat accidents are sometimes funny and sometimes occasions for joining in and helping another human being. By sharing laughs and attempting to explain humor, you develop you
21、r sense of humor, as well as help kids develop their own sense of humor.24.If youve ever been told to “lighten up” or “chill out”, it means _. A. you lack humor B. you are blue C. you are humorous D. you are funny25. According to Paragraph 2, when your friend falls, you can _.A. laugh at him B. feel
22、 embarrassed C. scold him D. chuckle 26. In the authors opinion, if your mother serves green eggs and ham to you on your graduation day, she is _.A. humorous B. serious C. considerate D. boring 27. What is the best title for the passageA. Ways to Become a Healthy IndividualB. How to Develop a Sense
23、of HumorC. The Function of Humor D. Proper Attitudes Toward HumorC.Whats the most important thing in life?Peoples answers vary greatly. For British scientist Robert Edwards, the answer is having a child. “Nothing is more special than a child,“ he told the BBC.来源:学科网 ZXXKEdwards, the inventor of the
24、In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) technologymore commonly known as “test-tube (试管) baby“ technologypassed away on April 10, 2013 at the age of 87.“Edwards changed the lives of millions of ordinary people who now rejoice (高兴) in the gift of their own child,“ said Peter Braude, a professor at Kings College
25、 London. “He leaves the world a much better place.“Edwards started his experiments as early as the 1950s, when he had just finished his PhD in genetics. At that time, much of the public viewed test-tube babies as “scary“, according to Mark Sauer, a professor at Columbia University, US.Edwards and hi
26、s colleague Patrick Steptoe faced opposition from churches, governments and media, not to mention attacks from many of their fellow scientists. “People said that we should not play God and we should not interfere with nature,“ Edwards once told Times. He said that he felt “quite alone“ at the time.来
27、源:学科网 ZXXK“But Edwards was a fighter, and he believed in what he was doing,“ said Sauer. Without support from the government, the two struggled to raise funds to carry on. And in 1968 they finally developed a method to successfully fertilize human eggs outside the body.The first test-tube baby was b
28、orn on July 25, 1978. Her name was Is Louise Brown. Despite peoples safety concerns, Brown was just as healthy as other children.“IVF had moved from vision to r eality and a new era in medicine had begun,“ BBC commented.Ever since then, public opinion has evolved considerably. Couples who were unabl
29、e to have babies began thronging (拥向 ) to Edwards clinic. Nowadays, Reuters reports, some 4.3 million other “test-tube“ children exist. Ed wards received a Nobel Prize in 2010 and was knighted (封为爵士) by Queen Elizabeth in the following year.Before his death, Edwards was still in touch with Louise. “
30、He is like a granddad to me,“ she said in an interview with the Daily Mail.He is a granddad to millions, in fact.28.Whats the article mainly about?A. The first test-tube baby. B. A new era in medicine.C. The inventor of IVF technology. D. The changes IVF technology has brought.29.The writer mentione
31、d Peter Braude to . A. show how difficult it was for Edwards to do his workB. describe what kind of person Edwards wasC. explain why he is loved by all childrenD. comment on his achievement30.The underlined word “opposition“ in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to “ “A. attack B. support C. test D.
32、influence31. Wh at is the correct order of events in Edwards life?a. He received a Nobel Prize.b. He struggled to raise funds.c. The first test-tube baby was born.d. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.e. He succeeded in fertilizing human eggs outside body.f. He started his experiments on IVF tech
33、nology.A. f-e-b-c-a- d B. f-b-e-c-d-a C. f-b-e-c-a-d D. f-e-d-a-c-bDIf you look at the night sky, youll often see stars moving very q uickly. In fact, they move much more quickly than they should according to their size and the laws of physics.Scientists do not completely understand why the speed of
34、 these stars is so high. But many believe the reason is that much of the universe is made of something called “dark matter”. Groups of stars called galaxies, such as the Milky Way, might even be made up of 90 percent dark matter. How much something weighs depends on where it is. The same object weig
35、hs only half as much on Mars as it does on Earth and almost three times as much on Jupiter. So scientists prefer to talk about the mass (质量) of something rather than how much it weighs, because mass does not change. They can work out the mass of galaxies by measuring the distance between them and th
36、e speed they move at.Recently, Jorge Pearrubia, a senior academic at Edinburgh University, UK, and his team discovered something interesting: The mass of the Milky Way is only half as much as the mass of another nearby galaxy, Andromeda. This seems strange, and dark matter may explain why.Finding ou
37、t more about dark matter could help us understand how the universe began, but this is not easy. Lots of scientists with different types of expert knowledge are working on the problem.We cant see dark matter, its very difficult to measure and we cant find out its mass. Unlike stars, dark matter doesn
38、t produce or reflect light. But we can make a good guess that it is there because of the way things move and the way light bends. Experts now think dark matter may be very different from the matter that we find on Earth. There may also be five times as much dark matter in the universe as ordinary ma
39、tter.32. Something that weighs 15kg on Earth weighs about _ on Mars and _ on Jupiter.A. 7.5 kg, 45 kg B. 30 kg, 45 kg C. 45 kg, 7.5 kg D. 5 kg, 30 kg33. The author mentions the masses of the Milky Way and Andromeda mainly to _.A. explain why the same object has a different weight on different starsB
40、. compare the distance between the Milky Way and AndromedaC. show that studying dark matter could help to answer some scientific questionsD. support the idea that scientists prefer to talk about mass instead of weight34. Dark matter is difficult to investigate because _.A. it travels at a very fast
41、speedB. we cant see where it is or measure its massC. its hard to measure the light it produces and reflectsD. it is much bigger than ordinary matter in size35. According to the text dark matter _.A. could accelerate the speed of starsB. could lessen the mass of objects in galaxiesC. makes up the en
42、tire universe and its starsD. may help us identify the origins of the universe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。Tips for waiting in lineWeve all been there when lining up at the supermarket checkout counter, the lines next to us always seem to be moving faster than
43、the one we are standing in. 36 . It has also offered tips on picking the fastest line. 37 A cart (购物车) full of items d oesnt tell the whole story. Every person requires a fixed amount of time to say hello, pay, say goodbye and clear out of the lane. And that amount of time is an average of 41 second
44、s per person. 38 . This means if there are five people ahead of you, each with 10 items in their carts, the waiting time will be 355 seconds. But if there is only one person ahead of you, with 50 items in the cart, the waiting time is 191 seconds. You do the math. Study the customersHow many people
45、are ahead of you is one thing, and who they are is another. 39 .The items in their carts are also important. For example, four bottles of the same milk will definitely go faster than four completely different items. Go leftAccording to a research, around 90 percent of people are right-handed. 40 .So
46、 heading to the opposite direction left will give you a better chance of finding a faster line.A. Choose a “snaky l ine”B. Pick someone with a full cartC. It means a majority of people tend to naturally go to the r ight.D. The person at the head of the line goes to the next available counter.E. On t
47、he other hand, the time that each item takes to be rung up is only three seconds.F. For example, if they are old people, they tend to move slower and delay the checkout process.G. Now The New York Times gives you some deep understanding into the math and psychology of queuing.第三部分: 语言知识运用（共二节，满分 45
48、分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每题 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。Last year, my friend and I went to a nearby town to attend a wedding. After the reception(招待会), we were _41_ for a bus to go back home. It was nine oclock at night, and although many buses _42_ , none stopped.We waited for one hour and were getting _43_ . We couldnt stay there for all the _44_ because it was a weekday, and we both needed to _45_ the next day. It was almost 10 p. m. when a family who had _46_ the same wedding passed by in their car. Probably _47_ t
