1、广西钦州市钦州港经济技术开发区中学 2017 届高三年级 8 月份月考英语试卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 20 分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 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 will the speakers do today?A. Tour around the city. B. Buy a
2、 train ticket. C. Visit a park.2. What did the woman do last weekend?A. She went on a trip. B. She cleaned her kitchen. C. She moved to a new apartment.3. Where did the man work part time?A. In a bank. B. In a post office. C. In a department store.4. What is the man doing?A. Taking an exam. B. Readi
3、ng a book. C. Having a class.5. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a library. B. In a concert. C. In a store.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 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 7 题。6. W
4、hat are the speakers talking about in general?A. The mans children. B. Their team members. C. A famous athlete.7. What team is Patricia on?A. The swim team. B. The basketball team. C. The dancing team.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Father and daughter. B. Hu
5、sband and wife. C. Brother and sister.9. What will the speakers do tomorrow?A. Tidy up the garage. B. Clean up the backyard. C. Go to the supermarket.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why does the woman ask for the mans home phone number?A. To invite him to dinner.B. To stop him from calling her.C. To make
6、 sure she can reach him.11. How does the woman feel about the man?A. Grateful. B. Curious. C. Impatient.12. What is the woman doing?A. Having dinner. B. Doing exercise. C. Watching a diet programme.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. How many questions does the man ask?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.14. What equi
7、pment in the kitchen uses the most energy?A. The stove. B. The refrigerator. C. The dish washer.15. What can people do to help with the environment?A. Drive the car within the speed limit.B. Buy a new car instead of a used car.C. Stop buying The New York Times.16. What do we know about Sally?A. She
8、knows a lot about environmental issues.B. She likes reading newspapers.C. She doesnt win the prize.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is the main purpose of offering students many extra activities?A. To offer them a chance to know about the society.B. To help them prepare for their adult lives.C. To g
9、et them interested in their studies.18. What can sports help students develop?A. Close teamwork. B. Competition spirits. C. Organising ability.19. What does Mr. Smith call on students to do?A. Give money to the poor.B. Make every effort to gain satisfaction.C. Offer time and attention to people in n
10、eed.20. What can listeners find on Oxford Universitys website?A. Advice on extra activities.B. Community service information.C. Further information on this interview.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AIn US, the potato is one of th
11、e most widely consumed crops. French fries are commonly found in typical American fast-food burger joints and cafeterias. French fries were introduced to the US when Thomas Jefferson served them in the White House during his presidency from 1801 to 1809. Potato chips are popular with consumers as we
12、ll.The humble potato is more than just a kind of food. In many ways its part of the American pop culture. Lets take a look at some pop culture potatoes.Mashed Potato danceThe Mashed Potato dance is a craze that began in 1962. The name of the dance came from the song it accompanies, Mashed Potato Tim
13、e, performed by American R when two like-colored potatoes touch each other, they disappear. Over the years, Hot Potato! has received mostly positive reception from critics.Mr. Potato HeadMr. Potato Head is an American toy invented by George Lerner in 1949. The toy consists of a plastic potato model
14、and a variety of plastic parts like hands, feet, ears and mouths. In 1952, Mr. Potato Head became the first toy advertised on television. This commercial revolutionized marketing and caused a boom that solidified this toys place in American pop culture.21. Which is the newest to the American pop cul
15、ture?A. French fries. B. Mashed Potato dance.C. Hot Potato! D. Mr. Potato Head.22. What can we infer from the text?A. French fries were popular in US when first served in the White House.B. Mashed Potato Time came from Mashed Potato dance.C. Players can play Hot Potato! on their phone.D. Mr. Potato
16、Head can be taken apart.23. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Enjoy American Fast Food B. Have Fun with PotatoesC. Different Uses of Potatoes D. American Food Culture BThe Internet is full of headlines that grab your attention with buzzwords (流行词). But often when we click
17、through, we find the content hardly delivers and it wastes our time. We close the page, feeling weve been cheated. These types of headlines are called “click bait“.A headline on B reads: “This phrase will make you seem more polite“. First, when you click through, you find another headline: “Four wor
18、ds to seem more polite.“ Then, on reading the article, you find its actually an essay about sympathy. And what are the four words? Theyre “Wow, that sounds hard.“ On some video websites, you might encounter headlines such as “Heres what happens when six puppies visited a campus“. Turns out its just
19、some uneventful dog footage (镜头).Nowadays, with the popularity of social media, many news outlets tweet (推送) click bait links to their stories. These tweets take advantage of the curiosity gap or attempt to draw the reader into a story using a question in the headline. These click bait headlines are
20、 so annoying that someone is attempting to save people time by exposing news outlet click bait through social media. The Twitter account SavedYouAClick, run by Jake Beckman, is one such example.Beckmans method is to grab tweets linking to a story and retweet them with a click-saving comment. For exa
21、mple, CNET tweeted “So iOS 8 appears to be jailbreakable but.“, with a link to its coverage of Apples product announcements. Beckman retweeted it with this comment attached: “. it hasnt been jailbroken yet.“Since founding the account, Beckmans Twitter experiment has brought him more than 131,000 fol
22、lowers. Beckman said that SavedYouAClick is“just my way of trying to help the Internet be less temble.“ Asked about his goal, he said, “Id love to see publishers think about the experience of their readers first. I think theres an enormous opportunity for publishers to provide readers with informati
23、ve updates that include links so you can click through and read more.24. The article on B turns out to be_.A. useful suggestions on politeness B. an essay about another topicC. an article hard to understand D. a link to a video website25. Why are readers often cheated by tricky headlines?A. Social m
24、edia has become more popular. B. Readers have questions to be solved.C. Such headlines are fairly attractive. D. Therere always stories behind them.26. Beckman attached his comment to CNETs tweet to _A. criticize CNET B. save readers timeC. advertise apples new product D. tell readers something abou
25、t iOS 827. In the last paragraph, Beckman appeals that _A. publishers be more responsible for the linkB. readers think about their needs before readingC. publishers provide more information for readersD. people work together to make the Internet less temble CWhen you go to the doctor, you like to co
26、me away with a prescriptionIt makes you feel better to know you will get some medicineBut the doctor knows that medicine is not always neededSometimes all a sick person needs is some reassurance that all will be wellIn such cases the doctor may prescribe a placeboA placebo is a sugar pill，a harmless
27、 shot，or ail empty capsuleEven though they have no medicine in them , these things seem to make people wellThe patient thinks it is medicine and begins to get betterHow does this happen?The study of the placebo opens up new knowledge about the way the human body can heal itselfIt is as if there was
28、a doctor in each of usThe doctor will heal the body for us if we let itBut it is not yet known just how the placebo works to heal the bodySome people say it works because the human mind fools itselfThese people say that if the mind is fooled into thinking it got medicine，then it will act as if it di
29、d，and the body will feel betterPlacebos do not always workThe success of this treatment seems to rest a lot with the relationship between the patient and the doctor If the patient has a lot of trust in the doctor and if the doctor really wants to help the patient，then the placebo is more likely to w
30、orkSo in a way, the doctor is the most powerful placebo of allA placebo can also have bad effectsIf patients expect a bad reaction to medicine，then they will also show a bad reaction to the placeboThis would seem to show that a lot of how you react to medicine is in your mind rather than in your bod
31、ySome doctors still think that if the placebo can have bad effects it should never be usedThey think there is still not enough known about itThe strange power of the placebo does seem to suggest that the human mind is stronger than we think it isThere are people who say you can heal your body by usi
32、ng your mindAnd the interesting thing is that even people who swear this is not possible have been healed by a placebo28. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?A. The placebo. B. The bad effect. C. The body. D. The medicine. 29. What do we know about placebo according to the pas
33、sage?A. It contains some sort of medicine. B. It wont function if you are negative about medicine. C. People who dont believe placebo cant be healed by it. D. Patients and doctors know clearly how it helps to heal the body.30. Why is the doctor sometimes the most powerful placebo?A. The patient need
34、s help badlyB. The patient believes in the doctorC. The doctor knows better about your bodyD. The doctor has carefully studied medicine31. What is the best title for the text?A. Placebo：Work on Your Mind B. Placebo：The Most Powerful MedicineC. Placebo：The Best Doctor D. Placebo：Heal Your BodyDAlmost
35、 one in five drivers had dozed off behind the wheel, a shocking news report had showed. Of those who were dozing off, 29% have done so with their cars speeding at 70 miles per hour. The report also found a quarter of men have fallen asleep while driving, making it almost twice as many as women.The S
36、afety on Wheel Report, by Post Office Insurance, also looked at how often tiredness or a lack of concentration caused accidents. Three in ten drivers have experienced an accident, from passing a walker crossing to hitting another vehicle, because of a lack of concentration. Meanwhile, almost half (4
37、9%) of UK drivers have driven when they do not concentrate.Paul Havenhand, head of insurance at Post Office, said, “ When tiredness strikes, drivers should avoid the roads.” There is no measurement for tired driving, unlike driving under the influence of alcohol, yet it could result in an equally da
38、ngerous accident.Drivers are advised to take a 15-minute break from driving every two hours. However, a third (36%) are so eager to reach their destination that they will ignore feelings of tiredness. Whats more, almost one in five (18%) will drive for longer than four hours without a break, while 6
39、% carry on for up to 6 hours. Just over a quarter (27%) choose a quick stop to buy a cup of coffee, which is a very popular way for drivers to get rid of tiredness, and only 17% stop to have a rest until they feel energetic again. Mr. Havenhand added, “Drivers should plan ahead and rest before start
40、ing a long journey; besides, they can take regular breaks to recharge their batteries while on road; in some cases, if they do feel too tired to concentrate on the roads, they could consider an alternative means of transport.”32. Which suggestion is NOT put forward by Mr. Havenhand?A. Preparing well
41、 for a long journey and taking a complete rest before it.B. Having breaks regularly in order to feel refreshed.C. Choosing another method of transport instead.D. Choosing a quick stop to grab something to eat.33. What does the underlined phrase “recharging their batteries” in the last paragraph mean
42、?A. Put a new supply of electricity into their batteries.B. Get back their energy by resting for a whileC. Accuse them of stealing batteriesD. Pay twice more money for their batteries 34. It is implied in the last paragraph that for drivers the most popular cure for tiredness is _.A. drinking coffee
43、 B. talking with others C. ignoring feelings of tiredness D. singing songs35. Whats the purpose of the writer in writing this passage?A. To warn people of the danger of tired drivingB. To tell people to be careful when walking on the streetC. To inform people of the importance of a good restD. To in
44、troduce some dangers while driving on the roads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。Its natural to greet friends with a smile and a wave. 36 But what happens if your face and body send mixed messages? Would someone be more likely to believe the look on your face or the
45、 way you hold your body?Scientists have recently tackled these questions. They found that when a person is looking at your face, she might not believe what she sees if your body language doesnt match the feeling that your face shows. 37 Previously, they had found that the tone of a persons voice can
46、 be more important than the words that are spoken. For example, most people tend not to believe a person who says in a flat voice, “Im so excited.”When it came to emotions conveyed by facial expressions and body language, most scientists suspected that the face was more important. To test if this wa
47、s true , psychologists from the Netherlands and Boston showed people a number of pictures of isolated faces and isolated bodies (with faces blurred out（模糊的）) that showed anger or fear. 38 An angry face had low eyebrows and tight lips. A scared face had high eyebrow and a slightly open mouth. 39 A sc
48、ared body had arms forward and shoulders square, as if ready to defend.These results told the researchers that mixed signals can confuse people. Even when people pay attention to the face, body language subtly influences which emotion they read. 40 If you want to be understood, it helps to avoid sending mixed messages.A. Studying such mixed messages is nothing new for scientists.B. So, your body language is important for telling people how you f
