山西省山西大学附属中学2015年高三上学期第四次月考英语试题.doc

1、页 1 第AThe Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagersIt has been made to help you better manage your moneyThe Winners Club is a transaction account （交易账户）where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7 thats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!Its a club with impressive

2、features for teenagers:No account keeping fees!Youre no millionaire so we dont expect you to pay large feesIn fact, there are no accounts keeping or transaction fees!Excellent interest rates!You want your money to growThe Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at

3、 least two deposits （储蓄） without taking them out in a monthConvenientTeenagers are busy we get thatYou may never need to come to a bank at allWith the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the InternetYou can have money directly deposited into you

4、r Winners Club accountThis could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!Mega magazine includedAlong with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your moneyThere are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club me

5、mbersThe Winners Club is a great choice for teenagersAnd it is so easy to joinSimply fill in an application formYou will have to get permission from your parent or guardian （so we can organize that cool key-card） but it is easyWe cant wait to hear from youIts the best way to choose to be a winner!1W

6、hich of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?ASpecial gifts are ready for parentsBThe bank opens only on work daysCServices are convenient for its members DFees are necessary for the account keeping 2The Winners Club provides magazines which _Aencourage spending Bare free to all teenagersCar

7、e full of adventure stories Dhelp to make more of your money 3What is the purpose of this passage?ATo set up a club BTo provided part-time jobs页 2 第CTo organize key-cards DTo introduce a new banking service BThe associates I hired in my bicycle and lawn mower shop like myself were never perfect; how

8、ever, they were excellent. Working with them as they improved taught me new ways to show forgiveness, understanding, and patience.One day the placement officer asked me to interview a young man who was having trouble finding a job. He told me that David was a little shy, did not talk much and was af

9、raid to go on with interviews. He requested that I give David an interview just for practice. He plainly told David that I had no positions open at the time and the interview was just for practice. When David came in for the interview, he hardly said a word. I told him what we did at the bicycle sho

10、p and showed him around. I told David to keep showing up because the number one thing an employer wanted in an associate was dependability.David was very quiet ( he was evaluated as a slow learner in school). Every ten days or so, for weeks after the interview, David walked into the bicycle shop and

11、 stood by the front door. He never said a word, just stood by the door. One day, shortly before Christmas, a large truck came to the shop, packed with 250 new bicycles. It had to be unloaded right away or the driver would leave.It was raining. Some of my workers (without physical limitations) chose

12、not to brave the weather to get into work, so I was short-handed. It seemed everything was going wrong and on top of it, David came in the front door and just stood there. I looked at him and shouted, “Well, all right! Fill out a time card and help me unload this truck!”David worked for my bicycle s

13、hop for eighteen years. He came to work every day thirty minutes early. He could talk; however, he rarely chose to. He drove my truck and made deliveries. The customers would praise David, saying, “He doesnt talk, but he really shows you how to operate a lawn mower!”4. The author gave David an inter

14、view to _A. find a person who is reliable B. find a part-time worker in need来源: C. give him some practice D. show sympathy for him5. The author finally hired David because_A. there were no other workers in the shop thenB. he needed someone who was willing to work thenC. David kept showing up D. he r

15、ealized David was dependable6. We can infer from the last paragraph that_A. some customers just play jokes on David B. David has had his character changed through workC. the author prefers David to be more outgoing 源:Z。xx。k.ComD. the author feels lucky to hire David7. The authors tone in describing

16、David is full of _A. pity B. wonder C. disappointment D. appreciationCWhat happens inside the skull of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball? That question motivated a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players,

17、and some anxiety among those of us with soccer-playing children.页 3 第For the study, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selected 34 adults, men and women. All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed year-round in adult soccer leagues. Each

18、filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year, as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions (脑震荡) in the past.Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and ot

19、her learning skills and had their brains scanned, using a complicated new M.R.I. technique which can find structural changes in the brain that cant be seen during most scans.According to the data they presented at a Radiological Society of North America meeting last month, the researchers found that

20、 the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory, attention and the processing of visual information, compared with players who had headed the ball fewer times.This pattern

21、 of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic (外伤的) brain injury”, like that after a serious concussion, the researchers reported, even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion.The players who had headed the ball about 1,100 times or more in

22、the past year were also generally worse at recalling lists of words read to them, forgetting or fumbling the words far more often than players who had headed the ball less. 8. The passage is most probably a_.A. news report B. research reportC. story for soccer players D. text for doctors9. In which

23、way can we find the structural changes in the brain?A. Computerized test. B. QuestionnaireC. Scanning. D. M.R.I. technique.10. From the passage we can conclude that frequent heading may have_.A. significant effect on brain B. little effect on ones brainC. nothing to do with the brain injury D. ones

24、memory improved11. The underlined word “fumbling“ is closest in meaning to_.A. remembering B. misunderstandingC. recalling D. missingDThe view over a valley of a tiny village with thatched (草盖的 ) roof cottages around a church; a drive through a narrow village street lined with thatched cottages pain

25、ted pink or white; the sight over the rolling hills of a pretty collection of thatched farm buildingsthese are still common sights in parts of England. Most people will agree that the thatched roof is an essential part of the attraction of the English countryside.Thatching is in fact the oldest of a

26、ll the building crafts practiced in the British Isles(英伦诸岛). Although thatch has always been used for cottage and farm buildings, it was once used for castles and churches too.Thatching is a solitary (独立的) craft, which often runs in families. The craft of thatching as it is practiced today has chang

27、ed very little since the Middle Ages. Over 800 full-time thatchers are employed in England and Wales today, maintaining and renewing the old roofs as well as thatching newer houses. Many property owners choose thatch not only for its beauty but because they know it will keep them cool in summer and

28、warm in winter.In fact, if we look at developing countries, over half the world lives under thatch, but they all do it in different ways. People in developing countries are often reluctant to go back to traditional materials and would prefer 页 4 第modern buildings. However, they may lack the money to

29、 allow them to import the necessary materials. Their temporary mud huts with thatched roofs of wild grasses often only last six months. Thatch which has been done the British way lasts from twenty to sixty years, and is an effective defiance against the heat.12. Which of the following remains a uniq

30、ue feature against the heat_.A. Narrow streets lined with pink or white houses. B. Rolling hills with pretty farm buildings.C. Cottages with thatched roofs. D. Churches with cottages around them.13. What do we know about thatching as a craft?A. It is a collective activity. B. It is practised on farm

31、s all over England. C. It is quite different from what it used to be. D. It is in most cases handed down among family members.14. People in developing countries also live under thatch because .A. thatched cottages are a big tourist attractionB. thatched roof houses are the cheapestC. thatch is an ef

32、fective defense against the heatD. they like thatched houses better than other buildings15. We can learn from the passage that .A. thatched cottages in England have been passed down from ancient times.B. thatching is a building craft first created by the English people. C. the English people have a

33、special liking for thatched houses.D. most thatched cottage in England are located on hillsides.第二节 （共 5 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 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。It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.Most do not fully see this trut

34、h. 16 . It seems to them that their difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.17 . Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortab

35、le feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy. 18 .19 . When we desire to encourage the growth of the human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as

36、 in school we set problems for our children to solve. 20 .As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct.“ It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.A. Problems are the serious test that tells success from failure.B. Life is not a trap

37、 set for us by God so that he can condemn (责难) us for failing.C. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn.D. Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning.E. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should

38、 be easy.F.We can register to make money and participate in problem solving collaboration (合作、协作) groups.G. What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one.页 5 第第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题, 每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选

39、项。Many students find the experience of attending university lectures to be a puzzling and disappointing experience. The lecturer speaks for one or two hours, perhaps _21_ the talk with slides, writing down important information on the black board, _22_ reading material and giving out _23_. The new s

40、tudent sees the other students continuously writing on notebooks and _24_ what to write. Very often the student leaves the lecture _25_ notes which do not catch the main points and _26_ become hard even for the _27_ to understand. Most institutions provide courses which _28_ new students to develop

41、the skills they need to be _29_ listeners and note-takers. _30_ these are unavailable, there are many useful study-skills guides which _31_ learners to practice these skills _32_. In all cases it is important to _33_ the problem before actually starting your studies.It is important to _34_ that most

42、 students have _35_ in acquiring the language skills _36_ in college study. One way of _37_ these difficulties is to attend the language and study-skills classes which most institutions provide throughout the _38_ year. Another basic _39_ is to find a study partner with whom it is possible to identi

43、fy difficulties, _40_ ideas and provide support.21. A. extending B. explaining C. performing D. conducting22. A. disputing with B. contributing to C. handing out D. collecting together23. A. assignments B. duty C. evaluation D. messages24. A. suspects B. understands C. wonders D. expects25. A. witho

44、ut B. with C. on D. by26. A. what B. those C. as D. which27. A. teachers B. classmates C. partners D. students28. A. prevent B. require C. assist D. forbid29. A. effective B. inspired C. hardworking D. fortunate30. A. As B. Though C. Unless D. If31. A. enable B. encourage C. determine D. detect32. A

45、. independently B. separately C. lonely D. confidently33. A. evaluate B. cope C. tackle D. describe34. A. predict B. admit C. declare D. concern35. A. doubt B. difficulty C. advantage D. suspicion36. A. inquired B. required C. acquired D. considered37. A. preventing B. standing C. accepting D. overc

46、oming38. A. average B. ordinary C. normal D. academic39. A. statement B. method C. idea D. suggestion40. A. create B. carry C. exchange D. replace第 II 卷（非选择题，共 40 分）第二节 语法填空（共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Scientists have found that pesticides (农药) harm

47、 the ability of bees to find food. Bees must learn which 页 6 第flowers contain their food from the smells of the flowers. 41 the bees do not learn which smells mean food, they will starve. Researchers in Britain found that pesticides 42 (use) by farmers and gardeners can switch off the part of a bees

48、 brain that is responsible 43 associating smells with food. Lead researcher Dr. Geraldine Wright said pesticides could seriously impact the 44 (survive) of honeybee colonies. She said, “Bees that cannot learn will not be able to find food.” This also 45 (mean) bees will not pollinate (给授粉) crops and

49、 wild plants. Bee populations around the world have been declining. Scientists have searched for a long time for a reason 46 so many bees are disappearing. This new research may be 47 important clue. However, the British government does not want to stop the use of the pesticides that may prevent bees from learning. 48 wants to carry ou