1、页 1 第宁夏银川九中 2015 届高三上学期第一次月考试题 英语第卷第一部分 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）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 think about the womans question?A. Its reasonable. B. Its not very realistic. C. Its too dif
2、ficult.2. When will the speakers move?A. Right now. B. In one week. C. In three weeks.3. What will the woman probably do?A. Stop spending money for the rest of the month.B. Buy many things for the trip.C. Go on vacation before January.4. What does the woman think the man will do?A. Keep his promise
3、to go to the opera with her.B. Invite too many friends to go to the game with them.C. Refuse to go to the opera with her next week.5. Why does the woman want to stay inside?A. Shes sick. B. She thinks its too cold outside. C. She doesnt like taking walks.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
4、。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、7 题。6. Where are the speakers?A. At a movie theater. B. At home. C. In a pizza restaurant.7. What is Bollywood?A. Indias name for its entertainment industry.B. The place
5、where Indian style movies are made in America.C. The company that produced the movie Harry Potter.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Why are the people fighting?A. They dont have access to medicine.B. They want more power.C. They disagree with the government.9. What happened to the thieves?A. They turned themsel
6、ves into the police.B. They were able to make some bombs.C. They got very sick.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. When did the woman last go shopping for clothes?A. Earlier today. B. Last week. C. Over two weeks ago.11. What does the man think about the womans hair?页 2 第A. It might be a different color.B. I
7、t is shorter than normal.C. She should cut it.12. Why does the woman need to wear glasses?A. Her eyesight is weak. B. Her eyes get very tired. C. To be fashionable.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Why does the woman feel a little hurt at the beginning?A. The man doesnt like her food.B. The man doesnt seem
8、 to care what she cooks.C. The man never does cooking.14. What kind of food did the speakers have last week?A. Mexican. B. Italian. C. Thai.15. What does the man consider to be all-American food?A. Dishes that have a long history in America.B. Only junk food like French fries and hot dogs.C. Dishes
9、that are influenced by Mexican culture.16. What dish are the speakers interested in?A. Fried chicken. B. Steak. C. Seafood.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long will it take to get to the airport?A. One hour and ten minutes. B. One hour and twenty minutes.C. One hour and thirty minutes.18. What does
10、the speaker say about luggage?A. You cant take luggage over 20 kilos on plane.B. You can take more than one hand luggage.C. All the luggage will be taken care of by one person.19. When will the passengers arrive in London?A. At 7:20 a.m. local time. B. At 8:40 a.m. local time. C. At 11:30 a.m. local
11、 time.20. Which place does the speaker strongly recommend to visit?A. Regent. B. Big Ben. C Harrods.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 、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Amy and Mark Blaubach were very excited about adopting a child from an orphanage (孤儿院). They thoug
12、ht they would adopt a baby girl. After waiting one and a half years, the social worker asked them to consider adopting a six-year-old boy named Jerry.After the adoption papers were signed, Amy asked if Jerry had a good friend at the orphanage. Jerry said his best friend was Zack. That was the first
13、time that Amy had heard about Zack.Then Jerry went to his new home with Amy and Mark, where he lived happily and adjusted very well. However, Jerry kept talking about his best friend that he had left behind at the orphanage. So Amy became determined to try and find out more about Zack. She came acro
14、ss a database specifically for families who had adopted children from the orphanage where she met Jerry. The database allowed parents to enter their childs name and his or her adoption information. As Amy looked through the database, she found what appeared to be a possible match of her sons best fr
15、iend. 页 3 第After sending a few e-mails back and forth, Amy was sure to have the right Zack. He had been adopted by Rae and Bruce Hosteler two weeks before. To her surprise, the two families were living in the same city. Then she decided to give these two friends a special reunion (重逢).On a sunny Sun
16、day, the two boys finally met each other again. When Jerry asked Zack, “Do you remember me?” Zack quickly answered, “Yes! Lets go and play!” That led to hours of laughter and play. Rae and Amy were excited to see how well their sons got along, and what an amazing bond (联系) they had. Thanks to both f
17、amilies, that special bond between Zack and Jerry can continue for the rest of their lives.21. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?A. Amy and Mark thought they would adopt a baby boy.B. Amy and Mark were unwilling to adopt Jerry at first.C. Amy had met Zack before he left the orphanage.D
18、. Amy knew that Zack and Jerry were good friends.22. After Jerry left the orphanage, _.A. he wasnt happy in his new homeB. he couldnt adapt to his new environmentC. he missed his friend very muchD. he felt guilty about leaving his friend behind23. Which of the following is TRUE according to the last
19、 paragraph?A. The boys met again at Amys home.B. The boys couldnt get along with each other any longer.C. When they met again, the boys didnt recognize each other at first.D. The boys can keep in touch with each other for the rest of their lives.24. What is the best title for this text?A. How to Ado
20、pt a ChildB. Amy and Her Adopted ChildC. A Story in an OrphanageD. A Very Special ReunionBAs you can see, water works hard in your body every day. Thats why its important to give your body the water it needs to carry out all its different jobs. On a regular day, your body loses 2 to 3 quarts of wate
21、r - enough to fill a 2-liter soda bottle. You probably guess that water is lost when you sweat - especially on a hot day.But your body also loses water in an almost invisible way-evaporation (蒸发). Water escapes from your body through your skin and in your breath. How? Your breath contains droplets (
22、小滴) of water that are usually too tiny to see. They become visible for a quick second in the cold when you can “see your breath”. But water evaporates this way all year round. Your skin also contains water, which escapes in tiny droplets that go into the air. The water in your skin evaporates into t
23、he air, but fortunately, your body can replace the water it loses so your skin doesnt dry out.Eating and drinking is one way to replace the water your body loses. Most foods have a lot of water in them, especially fruits and vegetables. Grapes, watermelons, oranges, and cantaloupes are delicious and
24、 full of water.But you cant rely on food alone to get that water back, and thats why its also a good idea to drink water every day. You might have heard someone say that people need to drink 6 to 8 cups (1.4 to 1.9 liters) of water each day. Depending on how much water youre getting from foods and o
25、ther liquids, 6 to 8 cups might not be necessary. If you eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, or you like to eat soup every day, youll get some of the water your body needs.页 4 第25. You should drink enough water every day because _.A. your body needs too much waterB. water does all kinds of jobs in y
26、our bodyC. your body loses a lot of water every dayD. the more water you drink the better you feel26. Water in your body loses by the following ways EXCEPT_.A. breathing B. evaporating C. sweating D. eating27. Your body has to give enough water to your skin in order to _.A. keep the water in your sk
27、in cleanB. stop your skin from drying outC. stop the water from losingD. keep your skin clean all the time28. What does the underlined phrase “rely on” in the fourth paragraph mean?A. Eat up B. Receive C. Depend on D. DigestCCan feeling of nostalgia (怀旧 ) be good for you? Or is it unhealthy to have
28、a strong love for the past?For years, medical experts have studied nostalgia and the reasons for it. Many experts warn that too much nostalgia is harmful. They say linger (徘徊) in the past shows that a person is unhappy with his present life. These feelings keep the person from living his life to its
29、 fullest.Dr. Louise Kaplan has written several books about nostalgia. She says these feelings often begin when a young person is 13 and 19 years old. “This is the time when you must face the loss of your childhood,” Kaplan says. “You see your new life is easily destroyed. But you think romantically
30、about a golden past. You remember your childhood as a time when life was perfect.”These feelings continue as a person gets older, Kaplan adds. She says many grown persons have a hard time keeping up with changes in the modern world, so they think back to their younger years. At that time the world s
31、eemed simple and more harmless.Kaplan says these feelings are not always actually existing. The good old days werent always good. However, she says nostalgia can be helpful, if used properly.“Feelings of nostalgia can cause you to remember a time when you had high hopes and dreams,” Kaplan says. “It
32、 might give you the strong wish to catch those dreams today, in your present life.” She adds that nostalgia can prevent you from “cutting yourself off from your aim”.“At its best,” Kaplan says, “nostalgia has the ideas for the future.”29. The reason for grown persons to think back to their past is t
33、hat _.A. they can hardly keep up with changes in todays worldB. times are hard, so they can not keep up with changesC. many grown persons have little time keeping up with changes in the modern worldD. they lived in the past, of which they are always proud30. Which of the following is not talked abou
34、t in the passage?A. Too much nostalgia is harmful.B. Nostalgia shows that a person is not satisfied with his present life.C. Only women have feelings of nostalgia.D. A little nostalgia can make a persons life more colorful.31. We may also use _ as the topic of the passage.A. Thoughts on NostalgiaB.
35、The Reasons for Nostalgia页 5 第C. Why Do They Think Back to the PastD. Nostalgia, Good or BadDGeniuses（天才）amaze us, impress us and make us all a little jealous. How do they differ from the average people? Scientists are working hard to figure out that answer. Turn in to the National Geographic Channe
36、l to find out about the discoveries that they are making in the series My Brilliant Brain.When Marc Yu was only two years old, he began to play the piano. After a year, he started learning pieces by Beethoven. Now hes a world-famous concert pianist at age eight. He learns newer and more difficult pi
37、eces with ease and can identify any note he hears. He seems to be specially designed for music. In Born Genius, National Geographic looks at the science behind child prodigies (神童) to explain why some children seem to be born without limits.Genius didnt come naturally to Tommy Mc-Hugh. It came only
38、after he nearly died from bleeding in his brain. After recovering, Mc-Hughs head was filled with new thoughts and pictures. So he began to express them in the form of poetry and art. Now hes a seemingly unstoppable creative machine. Sufferers of autism (自闭症) and brain injury have shown that great me
39、ntal ability can sometimes come from damage or disease. Accidental Genius explores this puzzling relationship.Can normal people be trained to be geniuses? Susan Polger has shown no signs of extraordinary intelligence. Yet, during her childhood, she studied thousands of chess patterns and learned to
40、recognize them immediately. As a result, she was able to beat skilled adult players by age 10 and can now play up to five games at the same time without even seeing the boards. Make Me a Genius examines what it takes to turn an ordinary brain into that of a genius.If becoming a genius were easy, wed
41、 all be one. Yet, theres much more to super intelligence than simply being born lucky. Learn more about amazing brains this month on National Geographics My Brilliant Brain.32. The author takes Marc Yu as an example to show that a child prodigy is _.A. a child who learns something easilyB. a child w
42、ho is eager to learn new thingsC. a pianist who practices an instrument a lotD. a student who works hard to do well in school33. From the passage, we know that _.A. more and more scientists are studying the brainB. geniuses mostly are born with great wits C. there is no such person as a true geniusD
43、. there are many factors in being a genius34. The author develops the passage mainly by _.A. providing typical examplesB. following the natural time orderC. presenting a cause and analyzing its effectsD. comparing opinions from different scientists35. My Brilliant Brain is most probably from _.A. a
44、website B. a TV channelC. a magazine D. a newspaper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。If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this, and nobody would th
45、ink of questioning this fact. 页 6 第_36_When someone says that he has a good memory， he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly, either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that he his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough
46、 opportunity to become strong. _37_One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or a motor car all day.If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his pa
47、rents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is just as much his own fault as if it was his arms or lets that were weak. _38_ But all of us can, if we have ordinary bodies and brains, improve our strength and our memory by the same means-practice.Have you ever notice
48、d that people who can not read or write usually have better memories than those who can? _39_Of course, because those who can not read or write have to remember things. They cannot write them down in a little notebook and they have to remember dates, time and prices, names, songs and stories, so the
49、ir memory is the whole time being exercised._40_A. What do you think of it?B. Yet many people do not seem to know that the memory works in the same way.C. Not all of us can become extremely strong or extremely clever.D. So if you want a good memory, practice remembering.E. Someone else says that he is poor in health.F. Why is that?G.
