1、湖北省当阳市第一中学 2017 届高三年级上学期 10 月月考英语检测题（时间：120 分钟 分值 150 分）本试卷分第 I 卷和第 II 卷两部分，考试用时 120 分钟。注意事项： 1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。2全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。第 I 卷第一部分听力(共两节，满分 30 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。第一节 (共5小题：每小题1.5 分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对
2、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 impressed the man about the new theater?A. The ticket price. B. The sound. C. The seats.2. What are the speakers going to do tonight?A. Go out for pizza. B. Listen to a lecture. C. Work in the garden.3.
3、Why has the man been staying at home?A. He is out of work. B. He works at home. C. Hes been sick.4. How many students had planned to take the exam?A. 15. B. 25. C. 50.5. What does the man think of the cheese?A. It has gone bad. B .It is delicious. C. It smells better than it tastes.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1
4、.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。听完每段对话或独白前后，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. What does the woman think is out there?A. A wolf. B. A bear. C. A duck.7. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Keep awake. B. Co
5、ntinue to sleep. C. Look at Gregs tent. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What will Nancy do?A. Move to Africa. B. Move to Russia. C. Teach Russian.9. How will Nancy learn Russian?A. Talk to people. B. Take an online class. C. Study at university.10.Why is the woman saving money?A. To help the poor. B. To st
6、udy abroad. C. To visit Russia.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. Who is Eric?A. The mans little brother. B. The womans classmate. C. Jims friend.12. Why was the man absent from school yesterday?A. He needed to pick up a friend. B. He was sick. C. He wanted to escape from a test. 13. What will the woman do
7、after school?A. Go to the new movie theater. B. Lend the man her notes. C. Prepare for a test.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14. How long ahead of time did the woman leave home?A. An hour. B. Half an hour. C. 20 minutes.15. Where are the speakers?A. In the car. B. On the bus. C. On the plane. 16. What are t
8、he speakers mainly discussing?A. Traffic. B. Flight delay. C. Business travel.17. How does the woman feel about the situation?A. Understanding. B. Angry. C. Sorry.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18. Why is the coast guard being contacted?A. The ship is sinking. B. The ship is out of fuel. C. The ship is 200
9、 miles off the coast.19. What will happen in ten minutes?A. The ship will stop moving. B. The coast guard will arrive. C. There will be another announcement. 20. What are the passengers asked to do?A. Stop using the gym. B. Gather in the dining hall. C. Go on with their enjoyment.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40
10、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。ALow-Cost Gifts for Mothers DayGift No. 1Offer to be your mothers health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctors visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say “no need,“ ano
11、ther set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctors visit. The best part? This one is free.Gift No. 2Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and wh
12、at times she takes them. “Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mothers life,“ Dr. Marie Savard said.Gift No. 3Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. “Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep,“ Savard said. “We know
13、that good sleep is very important to our health.“Gift No. 4Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mothers Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构) Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpen
14、sive things -many of which are “green“ - and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.21What are you advised to do for your mother at doctors visits?A. Take notes. B. Be with her.C. Buy medicine. D. Give her
15、 gifts.22Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mothers sleep?A. In Gift No. 1. B. In Gift No. 2.C. In Gift No. 3. D. In Gift No. 4.23Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to _.A. enjoy good sleep B. be well-organizedC. get extra support D. give others helpBWhen I was growing
16、 up, I was ashamed to be seen with my father. He was severely disabled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. If he ever noticed or was bothered, he never let it on.It was difficult to coordinate(协调)our steps-his slow, mine impatient-and
17、because of that, we didnt say much as we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace, I will try to adjust to you.”He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able. What he looked for in others was a “good heart”, and
18、 if he found one, the owner was good enough for him.Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people, even though I still dont know accurately what a “good heart” is. But I know the times I dont have one myself.Unable to engage in many activities, my father still tri
19、ed to participate(参加) in some way. I now know he participated in some things indirectly through me, his only son. When I played ball(poorly),he “played” too. When I joined the navy ,he “joined” too. And when I came home on leave , he saw to it that I visited his office. Introducing me, he was really
20、 saying, “This is my son, but it is also me, and I could have done this, too, if things had been different.”Those words were never said aloud.He has been gone many years now, but I think of him often. I wonder if he sensed my unwillingness to be seen with him during our walks. If he did, I am sorry
21、I never told him how sorry I was, how unworthy I was, how I regretted it. I think of him when I complain about small affairs, when I am envious of anothers good fortune, when I dont have a “good heart”.At such times I put my hand on his arm to regain my balance, and say, “You set the pace, I will tr
22、y to adjust to you.”24The author felt unhappy walking with his father because_.A. he was pitiful for his fathers physical disabilityB. it was hard for them to walk at the same paceC. he didnt want others to know he had an ugly fatherD. it was not easy for his father to keep balance25In the fathers v
23、iew, the most important quality a good person should have is_.A. beautiful appearance B. excellent healthC. a smart head D. a good heart26It can be inferred from the text that_.A. the father was proud of his only sonB. the father took part in all his sons activitiesC. the author was upset when asked
24、 to his fathers officeD. the author was a good ball player and outstanding soldier27According to the last paragraph, by saying “You set the pace, I will try to adjust to you.”, the author means that_.A .he is now glad to help his father to walkB. he regrets his unwillingness to walk with his fatherC
25、. he will follow fathers standards of being a good manD. he will never forget how mentally strong his father wasCA shopping center is a place where many different shops and stores are collected under one roof. You can buy everything there and there are also banks, restaurants and, sometimes, a post
26、office.There are other places in the United States which are called five-and ten-cent stores because they used to sell things for 5 to 10 cents. Today they sell almost anything and some of the things cost several dollars. Supermarkets are found in all the cities. They sell food and many other goods.
27、 You walk around the supermarket, choose the things you want, put them into a special basket prepared by the store and pay for them all together at the door. Supermarkets often stay open later than other stores.Stores are usually open every day of the week except on Sunday. Some close on Saturdays i
28、n July and August.28The shops and stores in a shopping center are .A. in the same building B. on the top of a big roofC. close to your house D. near banks and restaurants29A five-and-ten-cent store usually sells .A. expensive thingsB. small and cheap thingsC. things worth many dollarsD. everything y
29、ou need in the house30_have baskets ready for people to carry the things they are going to buy.A. Shopping centersB. Fine stores in AmericaC. Five-and-ten-cent storesD. Supermarkets31Which of the following can be the topic of the article?A. What a shopping Center is？B. Why people like supermarkets？C
30、. Three types of places for shopping.D. Old and new stores.DIt was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some
31、 people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was
32、catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didnt last long.The change was hardly noticed at
33、first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.The villagers decided that they couldnt just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use th
34、e money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadnt been useless. They had been doing an important jobeating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They w
35、ere damaging the crops and spreading diseases.Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.32From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers _.A. worked very hard fo
36、r centuriesB. were poor but somewhat content (满足的)C. dreamed of having a better lifeD. lived a different life from their forefathers33Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs ?A. The frogs were easy money.B. They needed money to buy medicine.C. They wanted to please the visitors.D. The frogs made t
37、oo much noise.34What might be the cause of the childrens sickness?A. The crops didnt do well.B. There were too many insects.C .The visitors brought in diseases.D. The pesticides were overused.35What can we infer 推断 from the last sentence of the text ?A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the coun
38、try.B. Health is more important than money.C. The harmony(和谐) between man and nature is important.D. Good old days will never be forgotten.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。36Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situ
39、ations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while, then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, 37. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships b
40、etween us flow more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings.Another difficult point for us to understand is that 38. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the nig
41、ht to meet a friend; 39 . The Americans, however, they will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, 40 . For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend
42、 to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for pure business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!A. they dont show their politeness if it requires a great deal of timeB. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.C. Americans always show their warmth even
43、 if they are very busy.D. the welcome will be full, warm and realE. we may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friendsF. they pick up the friendshipG. America is a mobile society.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
44、题卡上将该项涂黑。My school goes all the way from classes for five year olds to classes for 18 year olds, with a area for the junior and senior school.Last year, I my old year 5 teacher in the library. My teacher called me and asked how I was going. Then she told me about Clare. “I have a girl in my year 3 c
45、lass. Her names Clare and she me so much of you, Cassie. She seems a little bit and quiet in class. Do you think you could come down on lunch time and maybe have a with her?” Of course I was very to do this and to meet Clare in order to find our how, , she was like me.Clare turned out to be a pale l
46、ittle girl, slim and small her age. After talking to the 8-year-old for a while, I discovered that we both reading and writing short stories, I the Chronicles of Narnia, explaining that it was a wonderful fantasy series.I started the junior school often to read aloud some of the books to Clare. Afte
47、r a while, other girls started coming to too, and I started getting a in the junior school as the “big reading girl”. Some days I didnt read and just talked to Clare. We talked about her friends, school work and books. And she always me so much with her great intelligence. There are days when I get
48、so excited about Clare, about how she is and how far shell go in life. Being with her and to her excites me to no end, I just wanted to that excitement with you and to encourage everyone to guide somebody in their life who could use a little bit of and encouragement.41A. wonderful B. quiet C. separate D. distant42A. ran into B. looked for C. called on D. get through43A. up B. over C. down D. away44A. warns B. convinces
