最新届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题.docx

1、最新届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题2018年高三年级第二次月考英语试卷第卷 选择题第一部分：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） 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小题，每段对话仅读一遍。1. How did Lawrence go to the meeting this morning?A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. On foot.2. What does the woman mean?A. The ma

2、ns always busy. B. The mans inventing an excuse. C. She forgot the man has a meeting.3. When is the last train?A. 9:48 p.m. B. 10:18 p.m. C. 10:50 p.m.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Choosing courses. B. Shopping. C. History.5. What will the man probably do?A. Go back to Colorado. B

3、. Go to visit his relatives. C. Climb the mountains.第二节 （共15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至7题。6. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a clinic. B. At a restaurant. C. On the

4、beach.7. Which restaurant did the woman go to first last night?A. Chinese one. B. Italian one. C. American one.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient. C. Customer and waiter.9.What must have caused the speakers stomach ach

5、es?A. The fish. B. The soup. C. The apples.10. Where will the speakers go?A. To the market. B. To the hospital. C. To the restaurant.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What day is it today?A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.12. Why does the man have to see Dr. Smith?A. He was hit by a ladder. B. He broke his le

6、g. C. He hurt his foot.13. What does the woman tell the man in the end?A. To wait at home. B. To take off the paint can himself.C. To come to the office right away.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Why can the woman speak English well?A. She has learned English for 4 years.B. She lived in Boston for three years.

7、C. She worked in the United States for some time.15. Whats the mans book about?A. Strangers. B. The United States. C. His family members.16. How many family members does the man mention?A. 4. B. 5. C. 6.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the purpose of the speech?A. Selling some medicine.B. Offering some

8、 advice on sleeping problems.C. Telling people how to exercise.18. Why is it useless to keep turning around when you cant sleep?A. Its tossing. B. It makes you worry. C. It increases heart rate.19. Which of the following can cause sleeplessness?A. Too much exercise in the evening.B. Lack of sleep on

9、 weekends.C. Eating cheese before going to bed.20. What can we learn about sleeping pills?A. Itll help relax. B. It prevents sleeping. C. Its useless for sleeplessness.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和D）中，选出最佳选项。AThe Coolest InventionsAn Oceans VacuumTheres a colle

10、ction of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Its bigger than Texas and growing. The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets. That is both costly and slow. Instead, the Ocean Cleanup Project proposes a 62-mile-long floating barrier that would use natural currents to trap trash.

11、If next years trials succeed, a full cleanup operation would aim to start in 2020. It could reduce the trash by 42 % over 10 years. Easy-On Shoes In 2012, Matthew Walzer, a high school student with a disability, sent a note to Nike. “My dream is to go to college,” he wrote, “without having to worry

12、about someone coming to tie my shoes every day.” Nike assigned a design team to the challenge. This year, they came out with their solution: the FlyEase. The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand. A pair of Nike FlyEase shoes sells for $ 130. An Airport for Drones (无人机） As Amazon, Google, an

13、d others get ready for drone delivery service, there is one big question: What kinds of home bases will their drones have? Rwanda, in Africa, may have the answer. There, workers will soon start work on three “drone ports”. The goals is to make it easier to transport food, medical supplies, electroni

14、cs, and other goods through the hilly countryside. Construction is set to be completed in 2020.21. Whats the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum?A. It can tear plastic into pieces. B. It can grow year by year.C. It can be put into wide use soon. D. It can be a money-saver.22. What do we know about Nike?A

15、. It offers free shoes to the disabled. B. It is designing new shoes frequently.C. It provides customer friendly services. D. It responded to Matthews request passively.23. Why is Rwanda setting up “drone ports”?A. Because there are too many drones.B. Because road travel there is rough.C. Because th

16、ey are receptive to new technology.D. Because theyre easier to construct than roads. BThroughout history scientists have risked their health and their lives in their search for the truth.Sir Issac Newton, the seventeenth century scientist was very smart, but that didnt stop him from doing some prett

17、y stupid things. In his laboratory in Cambridge, he often did the strangest experiments. Once, while testing how light passes through lenses (晶状体), he put a long needle into his eye, pushed it to the back, and then moved it around just to see what would happen. Luckily, there was no lasting bad effe

18、ct. On another occasion, he stared at the sun, for as long as he could bear, to discover what effect this would have on his sight. To escape suffering permanent damage, he had to spend some days in a dark room before his eyes recovered.In the 1750s, the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele, was the first pe

19、rson to find a way to produce phosphorus (磷) He, in fact, discovered eight more chemical elements, including Chlorine (氯), though he didnt get any place for them. He was a very clever scientist, but he had a strange habit of tasting a little of every substance he studied. This risky practice finally

20、 caught up with him. In 1786, he was found dead in his laboratory, surrounded by a large number of dangerous chemicals, any of which might have been responsible for his death.Eugene Shoemaker was a respected geologist, he spent a large part of his life studying craters (陨石坑), and how they were forme

21、d, and later the research into the comments of the plane Jupiter. In 1997, he and his wife were in the Australian desert, where they went every year search for places where comets (彗星) might have hit the earth. While driving in the Tanam desert, one of the most open places in the world, another vehi

22、cle rushed into them, and Shoe maker died on the spot. Some of his ashes (骨灰) were sent to the moon by the Lunar Prospect or, a spacecraft, and he is the only person who has this honor.24. What does the underlined word permanent in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Lasting. B. Slight. C. Brief. D. Ordinary.25. Wh

23、at did Karl Scheele like doing when performing experiments? A. Tasting chemicals.B. Staying in the empty labs.C. Experimenting in darkness. D. Working together with others.26. What special honor was Shoemaker given after his death?A. He was buried in the Tanami desert.B. One comet of Jupiter was nam

24、ed after him.C. Some of his ashes were placed on the moon.D. A spacecraft carrying him travelled around Jupiter.27. The text is mainly about three great scientists _.A. special honors B. great achievementsC. suffering in their research D. famous experimentsCWe all think plants were expected to get l

25、arger with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but changes in temperature, humidity(湿度）and nutrient availability seem to have trumped the benefits of increased carbon dioxide said researchers from the National University of Singapore.45 percent of the species studied now reach smaller adult

26、sizes than they did in the past. The researchers pointed out that warmer temperatures and changing habitats, caused by climate change, are possible reasons for shrinking creatures.“ We do not yet know the mechanisms(机制）involved, or why some organism are getting smaller while others are unaffected,”

27、the researchers said. “Until we understand more, we could be risking negative consequences that we cant yet quantify. The change is big in cold-blooded animals. Only two decades of warmer temperatures are enough to make retiles (爬行动物）smaller. An increase of only 1 degree centigrade caused nearly a 1

28、0 percent increase in metabolism(新陈代谢). Greater use of energy resulted in tiny tortoises and little lizards. Fish are smaller now too. Though overfishing has played a part in reducing numbers, experiments show that warmer temperatures also stop fish growing.Warm-blooded animals arent immune(免除）from

29、the size change caused by climate change. Many birds are now smaller. Soay sheep are thinner. Red deer are weaken And polar bears are smaller, compared with historical records.This is not the first time this has happened in Earths history. 55 million years ago, a warming event similar to the current

30、 climate change caused bees, spiders and ants to shrink by 50 to 75 percent over several thousand years. That event happened over a longer time than the current climate change.The speed of modern climate change could mean organisms may not respond or adapt quickly enough, especially those with long

31、generation times climate change will be shown in the future.28. What does the text mainly talk about_?A. Why some species become smaller.B. How climate changes in Earths history?C. Climate change has many negative effects.D. Species are becoming smaller as climate gets warmer.29. The underlined word

32、 “trumped” m the first paragraph probably mean_. A. strengthened B. gained C. equaled D. beaten30. Researchers from the National University of Singapore believe that_. A. they have found the exact causes for creatures getting smaller.B. all the animals on the earth have become smaller.C. climate change has more negative effects on warm-blooded animals.D. increa