1、2018 届山西省太原市第五中学高三上学期 10 月月考试题 英语高 三 英 语校题：高三外语组 (2017.10)第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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 1.5 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 kind of apartment does the man like?A
2、. A well-decorated one. B. A cheaper one. C. A new one.2. What is the woman doing?A. Posting a letter. B. Collecting stamps. C. Buying envelopes.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. Taking medicine. B. Drinking water. C. The directions of a drug.4. What does the man mean?A. He wont lend his car
3、 to the woman. B. He will repair his car at the weekend.C. He will use his car during the weekend.5. Where did the woman fly her kite?A. Next to the river. B. In front of her house. C. Behind her house.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，从题中做给的 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
4、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。听第六段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. Which floor is the Exhibition Centre on?A. The ninth floor. B. The third floor. C. The second floor.7. What is the mans problem?A. He cant find his room.B. He cant have a single room.C. His company didnt prepare a room f
5、or him.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. How does the man feel about his interview tomorrow?A. He is worried about it. B. He is looking forward to it.C. He is sure of success.9. What impressed the woman most?A. The Germans she met last year.B. The mans German.C. The holiday she spent with the man.10. What po
6、sition is the man applying for?A. A manager. B. An engineer. C. A translator.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. How many times can a learner go to the painting classes in a week?A. Twice. B. Three times. C. Four times.12. How much does a member of the Painting Club have to pay for the painting classes?A. $1
7、40. B. $70. C. $35.13. What can we learn about the woman?A. She works at the Painting Club. B. She is a painting teacher.C. She will attend the painting classes herself.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14. What does the woman think about the mans latest book?A. The story is very sad. B. The story is interesti
8、ng.C. The story is old.15. What can we learn about the mans second book?A. The story has a happy ending. B. It is about a brother and his sister.C. It is about a girls unhappy experiences.16. What can we learn about the man?A. He only writes tragedies. B. Children in his story are happy.C. He didnt
9、have a normal childhood.17. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Husband and wife. C. Friends.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18. Who is the speaker probably?A. An assistant of the schools president. B. The principal of the school.C. A senior student of the schoo
10、l.19. Where can you go if you want to hold a concert?A. In the gym. B. In the hall. C. At the library.20. Where is the computer room?A. Over by the glass door beside the library. B. In the corner by the water machine.C. Next to the reception desk.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 60 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分）阅读下
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18、 education level B. work experienceC. professional training D. degree of satisfaction23. Where would you probably find the text?A. On a website. B. In a biology textbook.C. In a local newspaper. D. On a science magazine.BRikki Mendias loves shoes and perfectly understands the excitement one feels wh
19、en getting a brand new pair of sneakers. Today, if Mendias wants new shoes, he can simply go out and buy a pair, but that hasnt always been the case. As a young boy Mendias spent years in a shelter with his mother, where the two could barely afford even the most basic items.One day a former resident
20、 saw that there were holes in the bottom of his sneakers, so he took him to a store to buy two new pairs. Mendias never forgot this act of kindness and the feeling he got from having new kicks. That was when he had a strong need in his heart to collect shoes. Years later he found himself the proud o
21、wners of over 150 pairs of sneakers and suddenly realized that while he had more shoes than he knew what to do with, there were people out there who had none.Mendias loaded his car full of shoes and looked for people who were in need of new shoes. After posting a few pictures on the social media, ma
22、ny of his followers began sending in tennis shoes from all over the country, and thats how Have A Sole was born. Mendias founded the non-profit organization in 2014 to give quality sneakers to kids in need so they could choose the shoes they wanted to wear instead of just receiving generic boring mo
23、dels. Since then, Have a Sole has succeeded to give out over 7,000 pairs of sneakers with the help of donations from all over the world. The simple act of kindness Mendias received as a child gave him the confidence to believe that he could do more and his unceasing efforts are ensuring that the goo
24、dness that he experienced is being passed on to others who are less fortunate.24. When he was a child, Mendias _.A. was eager to get new toysB. could hardly learn how to readC. had a happy childhood in a shelterD. couldnt afford a brand new pair of sneakers25. How did Mendias feel when a former resi
25、dent bought him two pairs of new shoes?A. Nervous. B. Excited. C. Surprised. D. Calm.26. Have a Sole aims to _.A. help the disabled children B. arouse poverty awarenessC. provide financial assistance D. offer shoes to poor children27. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Mendias makes a livi
26、ng by selling shoes.B. Have a sole is getting more popular in the US.C. Thousands of people have benefited from Have a Sole.D. Mendias has gained a lot of wealth by collecting shoes.CJack Mas net worth increased $2.8bn overnight as Alibaba forecast sales growth that topped every analysts estimate, d
27、espite the fact that Chinas economy is slowing down.Mr. Ma, aged 52 this year, is now the richest person in Asia and 14th wealthiest in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His net worth has climbed $8.5bn this year to $41.8bn.The latest surge came after Chinas largest e-commerc
28、e company forecast 45 to 49 percent revenue(收入) growth in the year ending March, demonstrating how investments beyond online shopping are paying off. Shares in Alibaba, where Mr. Ma is chairman, rose 13 percent to a record high.Alibaba and Tencent, which dominate online shopping and social media, re
29、spectively have ventured(冒险) deeper into new areas from cloud computing services to streaming music and video as the countrys economy slows. Alibaba is capturing more digital advertising spending by incorporating(合并) social elements such as video in its shopping sites.Alibaba is holding meetings wit
30、h investors this week. On Friday, the former English teacher said he wasnt going to discuss corporate forecasts. He took the stage instead to describe how his company had become effectively the worlds 22nd largest economyjust after Argentinain terms of transaction(交易) by never fearing to think big.
31、Mr. Ma, who said Alibaba revises 10-year plans annually, foresaw the company becoming the fifth-largest eventually by 2036 by serving a burgeoning Chinese middle classes, taking advantage of global trade and making use of its valuable data.Mas comments about the evolution of data-driven technology e
32、choed Masayoshi Son, Chairman of Japans SoftBank. SoftBankAlibabas largest shareholderhas invested billions in companies such as ARM with the intention of staking out a leading position in the future Internet of Things.“The Internet of Things is going to be big because in the past, machines drink el
33、ectricity,” Mr. Ma told investors. “In the next 20 years, machines will drink data. In the future, no company, no country, no business can survive without data.”28. What can we infer from the passage? A. Chinas economy is not satisfying.B. Jack Ma has become the richest person in the world.C. online
34、 shopping grows rapidly worldwide.D. Alibaba is the largest company in the world.29. The underlined word “surge” in Paragraph 3 probably means_.A. sudden increase B. rapid decline C. dead time D. uncertainty30. What do we know about Alibaba?A. It is Chinas largest social media company.B. It makes pr
35、ofits mainly from digital advertising.C. It has been providing cloud computing services.D. It aims to research into streaming music and video.31. What does Jack Ma stress in the last paragraph?A. The investment of global trade.B. The importance of the data.C. The necessity sharing information.D. The
36、 future of the Internet of Things.DHalf of the worlds coral reefs have died in the last 30 years. Now scientists are racing to ensure that the rest will survive. “The threat to coral reefs isnt something thats going to happen 100 years from now. Were losing them right now,” Julia Baum told the Assoc
37、iated Press. She is a marine biologist at the University of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada. “Were losing them really quickly, much more quickly than I think any of us ever could have imagined.”Even if global warming were in stop right now, scientists predict that more than 90% of corals will
38、die by 2050. If no major steps are taken to address the issue, the reefs may be headed for total extinction.The planets health depends on the survival of coral reefs. They are often described as underwater rainforests, because they are ecosystems that provide habitats for one in four of all marine s
39、pecies. In addition, the reefs serve as barriers that protect coastlines from the full force of powerful storms. Corals are used in medical research for cures to diseases. They are key to local economies, as well, since the reefs attract tourists, the fishing industry, and other businesses, bringing
40、 in billions of dollars of revenue(收入).“To lose coral reefs is to fundamentally damage the health of the human race,” Ruth Gates, director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, said.Corals are animals that lack a backbone. They live mostly in tropical waters. The corals release a substance call
41、ed calcium carbonate(碳酸钙 ), which forms protective skeletons around them. The skeletons grow and take on vivid colors. This is the result of the corals mutually beneficial relationship with algae(藻类) that live in their tissues(组织) and give them energy.But corals are particularly sensitive to changes
42、 in temperature. A rise of just 1 to 2 degrees Celsius can force the corals to drive out the algae. Then the corals skeletons turn white in a process called “bleaching”. Corals can survive in these higher temperatures only for a few months.32. What has happened to the worlds coral reefs in the last
43、three decades?A. 50% of them have died. B. They have been growing too fast.C. Half of them have stopped growing. D. They have threatened other marine animals.33. Paragraph 4 is mainly about _.A. the importance of coral reefs B. economic value of coral reefsC. the challenges facing coral reefs D. the
44、 medical functions of coral reefs34. What makes corals take on different colors?A. Ocean waters. B. Changes in temperature.C. Protective skeletons. D. Algae living inside corals.35. The corals skeletons turn white when _.A. there is not enough oxygen B. water pollution is worseningC. the ocean tempe
45、rature is too low D. there are no algae in the corals skeletons第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 3 分, 共 15 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。A situation comedy or sitcom is a comedic performance which focuses on creating humorous situations which the characters must resolve. This format started out on the rad
46、io. _ 36 The switch to TV turned out to be a good move for sitcoms, with most networks airing several popular sitcoms at any given time.Several features distinguish a sitcom. The first is the use of a recurring cast(常规演员) of characters. 37 Many sitcoms also feature a limited number of sets, sometime
47、s having only one set where all of the on-screen action takes place. The comedy focuses heavily on physical pratfalls and misunderstandings, and it often draws on real-life experiences so that the audience can connect with the action. Classically, a sitcom also airs with a laugh track, or it is film
48、ed in front of a live studio audience that provides the laughs.38 The love interest serves as a foil（衬托）for the hero, with the two falling in and out of love over the course of the series, while the buddy provides advice and support to the hero without taking over the show. The anti-hero often has some bad behavior.The characters in early sitcoms were usually members of a family or a pair
