1、重庆市黔江新华中学高 2016 级 12 月月考 英语试题第一部分 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）1. How was the mans vacation?A. Pleasant. B. Exhausting. C. Terrible.2. When is the project due?A. In one week. B. In two weeks. C. At the end of this semester.3. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a cafe. B. O
2、n a plane. C. In an office.4. What is Mr. Oliver like?A. Polite. B. Helpful. C. Frank.5. What do we know about Jane?A. She is often late. B. She is a bad driver. C. She hates waiting.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What does the woman want the man to do?A. Put off spring break. B. Se
3、e some western art. C. Drive her to the exhibit.7. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Taxi driver and Passenger. B. Brother and Sister. C. Mother and Son.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. What happened to the woman?A. She was robbed. B. Her house was broken into.C. She lost her purse somewhere.9
4、. What color is the womans purse?A. Blue. B. Yellow. C. Red.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What does the man want to do?A. He wants to withdraw his money. B. He wants to open an account.C. He wants to buy some products.11. Which of the statement is true?A. A Silver account can provide an interest rate o
5、f 5%.B. A Gold account allows the card holder to withdraw money at any time. C. A minimum of $500 deposit is needed for both silver and gold account.12. Why does the man have to come back tomorrow?A. He is not interested in the product. B. He doesnt have enough money.C. He forgets to take any proofs
6、 of ID.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Which game does the man like best?A. Chinese chess. B. Cards. C. Bridge.14. What does the woman think of Chinese chess?A. Complicated. B. Simple. C. Boring.15. Why does the woman only play bridge occasionally?A. She doesnt like it. B. She isnt good at it. C. Its har
7、d to find four players.16. What does the man look forward to?A. Learning to play bridge. B. Setting up a cards game. C. Arranging a bridge game with the woman.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long has the zoo been open?A. For about 60 years. B. For about 110 years. C. For about 120 years.18. What is
8、a feature of the zoo?A. It has the largest collection of animals. B. The animals are displayed cagelessly. C. It covers an area of 120 hectares.19. What is forbidden in the zoo?A. Opening the cages. B. Feeding the animals. C. Playing with animals.20. When does the zoo close on weekends?A. At 4:00 p.
9、m. B. At 5:00 p.m. C. At 6:00 p.m.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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ABody language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It is said that our body movements communicate about 50 percent of what we really mean while words only express 7 per
10、cent. So, while your mouth is closed, your body is just saying.Arms. How you hold your arms shows how open and receptive you are to people you meet. If you keep your arms to the sides of your body or behind your back, this suggests you are not afraid of taking on whatever comes your way. Outgoing pe
11、ople generally use their arms with big movements, while quieter people keep them close to their bodies. If someone upsets you, just cross your arms to show youre unhappy.Head. When you want to appear confident, keep your head level. If you are a monitor in class, you can also take on this position w
12、hen you want your words to be taken seriously. However, to be friendly in listening or speaking, you must move your head a little.Legs. Your legs tend to move around a lot more than normal when you are nervous or telling lies. If you are at interviews, try to keep them still.Posture (姿势).A good post
13、ure makes you feel better about yourself. If you are feeling down you normally dont sit straight, with your shoulders inwards. This makes breathing more difficult, which can make you feel nervous or uncomfortable.Mouth. When you are thinking, you often purse your lips. You might also use this positi
14、on to hold back an angry comment you dont wish to show. However, it will probably still be noticed, and people will know youre not pleasedFace. When you lie, you might put on a false face. But that expression would crack briefly, allowing displays of true emotions such as happiness, sadness, disgust
15、（厌恶）and fear to come through.21. When someone is keeping his arms behind his back, he tries to tell you that_.A. he is not afraid B. he is outgoing C. he is angry D. he is cool22. If you want to appear confident, you should_.A. move your arms a lot B. cross your armsC. move your head a little D. kee
16、p your head level23. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. Body language, the most commonly used language B. Body movements give away secrets of mindC. Arms tell more than legs D. Facial expressions tell the truthBBack in freshman year, I found myself wondering whether it sh
17、ould really be called “volunteering“ if students only do it because they have to.I ended up volunteering at Weyrich Health Center, helping elderly patients with daily tasks. The more I did these tasks, the more disconnected I felt from the seniors. Though I felt bad for them, I did not want to inter
18、act with them.Then one rainy day, I met Colonel Hemsworth. He invited me to his table and asked for some company. I regarded this as another boring task. However, when I listened to his stories, I learned that he was a brilliant war veteran（老兵），and I found his tales interesting.After my brief talk w
19、ith the Colonel, I realized that I shared common characters with all the seniors. I felt like an oxygen molecule（分子）-ready to form a relationshiprather than an isolated gas.I met with many learned senior citizens who shared their experiences and wisdom. No longer did I walk aimlessly down the hallwa
20、ys. I found myself enjoying talking with these people as I learned their histories. Why hadnt I realized sooner that volunteer work could enlighten me?Some people argue that volunteering and working for change does not help. However, they fail to realize that the world is constantly changing and hum
21、ans must adapt to it.My experience at Weyrich Health Center has taught me that refusing to change ones views and accept new ones leads to short-term goals that finally disappear. Communication with others is an important part of life. Volunteering is not just a requirement or a way to improve your r
22、esume, it is a time for service and personal growth.Now I enjoy volunteering my time surrounded by seniors who bring history alive for me. By communicating with them, I have developed into a more dynamic person.24. Whats the authors initial（最初的）attitude towards volunteering?A. Positive B. Satisfied.
23、C. Doubtful. D. Unwilling.25. Why did Colonel Hemsworth invite the author to his table?A. He liked the author very much. B. He wanted the author to accompany him.C. He wanted to work with the author. D. He planned to teach the author something.26. What can we infer from the underlined sentence in Pa
24、ra.4?A. The author had desire to communicate with the seniors.B. the author wanted to do a chemical experiment with gas.C. The author imagined himself to be part of isolated gas.D. The author would like to be an oxygen molecule.27. What does the sixth paragraph mainly tell us?A. Other peoples attitu
25、de towards volunteering.B. The importance of communicating with others.C. The important meaning of humans adapting to changes.D. The lessons the author has learned from volunteering.CGuests arriving at the Aloft Hotel in Manhattan or one in Silicon Valley will soon be able to do something hotels hav
26、e dreamed about offering for years: walk past the check-in desk and enter their rooms by using a smart-phone as room key. The boutique hotel brand from Starwood to Hotels& Resorts Worldwide Inc. plans to offer this feature at two hotels, in the Harlem neighborhood and in Cupertino, Calif, before the
27、 end of the quarter.Starwood officials are hoping this will be one of the biggest technological changes in the industry since free Wi-Fi. “We believe this will become the new standard for how people will want to enter a hotel,“ says Frits van Paasschen, Starwoods CEO. “It may be a novelty at first,
28、but we think it will become table stakes for managing a hotel.“Not everyone is so sure. Past attempts to use technology to streamline the check-in process have had mixed results.Robert Habeeb, president of the First Hospitality Group, which is the owner of 55 hotels in the U S,says he pulled out che
29、ck-in kiosks at two of his Holiday Inn hotels after finding that most guests ignored them. He found that many travelers will sacrifice speed or ease to talk with a staff member and ensure their room has the right view or location, or to try for an upgrade. Other guests may still want to be greeted w
30、hen they arrive.Hotels have never been known for being in the forefront of technology. The industry is often a delay, in part because many hotels are owned and managed by separate companies, making investments in technology more complicated. Nevertheless, many hotel operators have been searching for
31、 ways to remove the bottlenecks that can form at a hotels front desk. The delays are the bane（祸根）of many a road warriors travel experience. “ Everybody has to check in, but we are all doing it pretty much the same way we were l00 years ago, “says Christopher Nassetta, chief.Yet it is still not clear
32、 that virtual keys will do better than previous attempts to beat traditional check-ins. An effort several years ago to allow guests to enter rooms with the magnetic strip on their credit cards never became popular . Guests worried about security and were unwilling to give their kids credit cards ins
33、tead of room keys.28 According to the first two paragraphs, which of the following is NOT true.A. Aloft of Hotel in Manhattan will allow guests to use a smart-phone as a room keyB. Hotel officials hope the new room key will be a great change in hotel industry. C. All Starwood Hotels plan to offer th
34、e new room key before the end of the quarter.D. The new room key may become a new standard of choosing a hotel29. The word streamline (Para. 3) is closest in meaning to_.A.simplify B.strengthen C. change D.unify30. Christopher Nassetta would most likely agree that_.A the way of check-in needs to be
35、changedB. its a good idea to cancel check-inC. the management of hotel needs to be improvedD. its time to make use of technology in hotel industry31. From the text we can see that the writer thinks the future of the new room key is_.A. optimistic B. uncertain C. negative D. bright D“All work and no
36、play makes Jack a dull boy.” But now scientists have given us another warning: too much play with smartphones or computers makes you dull too.“Many focus on the benefits of digital devices(设备) in education but ignore the costs,” said Patricia Greenfield from the University of California, “losing the
37、 ability to understand the emotions of other people is one of the costs.”Greenfield and her research team did an experiment. They worked with 105 children who spend about 4.5 hours in front of screens on a school day. The students were asked to describe the emotions towards the pictures and videos o
38、f people who were happy, sad, angry or scared.Then, half of them attended a five-day nature and science camp. There they had no smartphones, TV, or computers. The other half stayed in school and spent the five days as usual.Five days later, all the children took the test again.Students who had been
39、to the camp got about 5 percent more answers correct than they had done before the camp. But the other group of students didnt show much improvement.The study is not perfect in some sense, said the researchers. But scientists say that the study is still a warning for us.“Emotional skills develop in
40、practice and the brain develops through real interaction.” said Professor Taylor, a professor at the University of San Francisco.Researchers talked to 2,000 parents of children aged 2-16 in the UK about what activities their children could do confidently.The results were surprising: Their children c
41、ould use a tablet (平板电脑) (59%) and work a mobile phone (57%) more confidently than they could tie their shoe laces(鞋带) (53%)!So, spend more time away from mobile phones and computers if you want to be an understanding friend, and not a member of what the Daily Mail called “Generation Helpless”.32. A
42、ccording to Professor Greenfield, using digital media in education leads to _.A. being in bad terms with family membersB. making more mistakes when taking examsC. failing to relate to other peoples emotionsD. falling far behind others in all schoolwork33. Scientists think the results of Greenfields
43、experiment _.A. are far from perfect B. are quite surprisingC. need to be improved D. are alarming for people34. What can we know from the text?A.Students learned how to describe emotions in the experiment.B. Students living without screens did much better in studies.C.Most of the UK children couldn
44、t tie their shoe laces.D.Too much play with digital devices raised some worries.35. What is the best title for the text?A. Screens harm emotions B. Here comes a digital world!C. Stay away from the Internet D. How people become addicted?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
45、余选项。SelfieSocial media and the mobile web have given rise to a strange phenomenon called the selfie. It refers to a picture of yourself, usually shared on my social networking website. 36 Some selfies are extreme close-ups, and others show part of an arm held straight outward. A few of them even fea
46、ture the subject standing in front of a bathroom mirror. Everyone takes selfies, but the younger crowd seems to be especially involved in the trend. Young people are relatively behavior digital users. They are interested in staying connected to their friends.37 .There are also kinds of psychological
47、 factors driving people to take a selfie and upload it to a social networking site. 38 A quick and easy way to attract others attention is to get “likes” and comments from friends. Seondly, its human nature to show off your own great achievements. When you feel good about yourself or look good, its
48、far too easy to take out your phone and document it all through one or several selfies. 39 Thats right. Sometimes people are bored at work, bored at school, bored at home and even bored on the toilet. Last but not least, social media is about being social! If that means unloading as many selfies as
49、possible, then so be it. Its fun, and its a cool way to sort of document your own life. Finally, there are things to be mindful of when youre posting. Its easy to think youre sharing a photo with a few people. 40 So dont post anything online, selfie especially. A. There are lots of selfie styles.B. The rise of selfie has become universal. C. Social media, to some extent, is the driving force of their selfie activity.D. The desire to take, post and get “likes” on selfie goe
