高三上学期第三次月考英语.docx

1、高三上学期第三次月考英语高三上学期第三次月考英语 2019-2020 年高三上学期第三次月考（英语）I.语言知识及应用（共两节，满分 45分）第一节:完形填空（共 15小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 115 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。For many people today,reading is no longer relaxation.To keep up their work they must read letters,reports,trade publications,interoffice mu

2、nications,not to mention newspapers and magazines:a never-ending flood of words.In 1 a job or advancing in one,the ability to read and prehend 2 can mean the difference between success and failure.Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 3 readers.Most of us develop poor reading 4 at an early

3、 age,and never get over them.The main deficiency（不足）5 in the actual stuff of language itself words.Taken individually,words have 6 meaning until they are strung together into phrases,sentences and paragraphs.7,however,the untrained reader does not read groups of words.He laboriously reads one word a

4、t a time,often regressing（退回）to 8 words or passages.Regression,the tendency to look back over what you have just read,is a mon bad habit in reading.Another habit which 9 down the speed of reading is vocalizationsounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.To overe these bad habits,some

5、reading clinics use a device called an 10,which moves a bar(or curtain)down the page at a predetermined（预先确定的）speedThe bar is set at a slightly faster rate than the reader finds fortable,in order to“stretch”him.The accelerator forces the reader to read fast,11 word-by-word reading,regression and sub

6、vocalization（默读）practically impossible.At first 12 is sacrificed for speedBut when you learn to read ideas and concepts,you will not only read faster,but your prehension will 13.Many people have found their reading skill drastically improved after some training.14 Charlce Au,a business manager,for i

7、nstance,his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute before the training,now it is an excellent 182 words a minute.He is delighted that how he can 15 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.1Aapplying Bdoing Coffering Dgetting 2Aquickly Beasily Croughly Ddecidedly 3Agood B

8、curious Cpoor Durgent 4Atraining Bhabits Csituations Dcustom 5Alies Bbines Ctouches Dinvolves 6Asome Bmuch Clittle Ddull 7AFortunately BIndeed CLogically DUnfortunately 8Areuse Breread Crewrite Drecite 9Ascales Bcuts Cslows Dmeasures 10Aaccelerator Bactor Camplifier Dobserver 11Aenabling Bleading Cm

9、aking Dindicating 12Ameaning Bprehension Cskill Dregression 13Aincrease Breduce Cimprove Dstay 14.A.Have B.Take C.Make D.Consider 15.A.look through B.go over C.put off D.get through 第二节：语法填空（共 10小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 16-25的相应位置上。Rec

10、ently I failed an examHowever,16 I came out of my teachers officeI told myself:Smile!Its not so serious.I smiled a big smile and 17 worked a little,really Everyone gets 18（frustrate）sometimesI used to be always influenced by pressure and I was often in low spiritsBut one day I came 19 a sentence in

11、the Bible:“Do not be anxious about tomorrow,for tomorrow will he anxious for itselfLet the days own trouble be sufficient for the day It suddenly struck me:20（worry）about a problem doesnt helpWhy not just give a big smile and face up 21 the trouble?Now every time I want to cry,I remind myself that 2

12、2（laugh）is better than tears and angerI 23 _（convince）that theres something magical about a smileA smile helps me recover confidence and gives me 24 courage to move on Remember,whenever youre faced with a setback,whenever youve been treated unfairly,all it takes is determination and you can feel hap

13、py againSmile at life 25 it will shine on you II阅读（共两节，25 题，满分 50分）第一节:阅读理解（共 20小题；每小题 2分，满分 40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。“Dr.Papaderos,what is the meaning of life?”The usual laughter followed,and people stirred to go.Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at

14、 me for a long time,asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was.“I will answer your question.”Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket,he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror,about the size of a quarter.And what he said went like this:“

15、When I was a small child,during the war,we were very poor and we lived in a remote village.One day,on the road,I found the broken pieces of a mirror.A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.I tried to find all the pieces and put them together,but it was not possible,so I kept only the larg

16、est piece.This one,and,by scratching it on a stone,I made it round.I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shinein deep holes and crevices（裂缝）and dark closets.It became a game for me to get light into th

17、e most inaccessible places I could find.I kept the little mirror,and,as I went about my growing up,I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game.As I became a man,I grew to understand that this was not just a childs game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life.I

18、came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light.But lighttruth,understanding,knowledgeis there,and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.I am a fragment（碎片）of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know.Nevertheless,with what I have I can reflect light into

19、 the dark places of this worldinto the black places in the hearts of menand change some things in some people.Perhaps others may see and do likewise.This is what I am about.This is the meaning of my life.”26.On hearing the authors question,Dr.Papaderos _ at first.A.laughed at his foolishness B.wasnt

20、 sure of the answer C.doubted his seriousness D.wasnt interested at all 27.How did Dr.Papaderos get the small round mirror when he was a child?A.He found it on the road and made it round.B.A dying German soldier gave him as a present.C.He chanced to find it in the street while playing.D.He put the b

21、roken pieces together and made it.28.Why did Dr.Papaderos like the small round mirror so much as a child?A.Because he was too poor to afford other toys.B.Because it could shine the places where the sun couldnt reach.C.Because he believed it would bring good luck to him.D.Because it told him a lot ab

22、out what life really meant to him.29.The underlined“metaphor”in the 7th paragraph most probably means _.A.symbol B.source C.light D.purpose 30.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A.A Special Game in the Childhood B.A Broken Piece of Mirror C.Dr.Papaderos Experience D.The M

23、eaning of Life B India was once part of the British Empire,but thanks to modern technology and a booming economy,it has turned the tables on its former colonial master.Indian tutors are helping to teach math to British children over high-speed Internet connections.Early results suggest the idea is i

24、mproving exam results.But not everyone is happy at this“outsourcing”of tutoring.Its 3:30,and pupils at Raynham Primary School in London are gathering for their after-school maths lessons.Five time zones thousands of kilometers awaytheir math tutors are also arriving for class.High-speed Internet has

25、 made it possible for Indian tutors to teach British pupils in real time.Each pupil gets a dedicated one-to-one online tutor.The students work with activities on their puter screen and wear a headset and microphone to talk to their tutor.The class teacher,Altus Basson,says he has seen an improvement

26、 in results.“There are some children whove really rocketed in their results.Children who struggleto focus in class focus a lot better on the laptops.The real advantage is that each child gets a focused activity and a single tutor,”he said.Such individualized teaching is the core idea of Brightspark

27、Education,the pany that provides the online tutoring,says founder Tom Hooper.“Children today feel very confident online;they feel very engaged;they feel very in control.And thats half the battle with education.Give them control,make them feel confident and enjoy their learning and youll see them sta

28、rt to improve and embrace it,he said.Raynham Primary School is among the first in Europe to try online tutoring.At between$20 and$25 an hour,its about half the cost of face-to-face coaching.But some people say an Internet connection is not enough of a connection for teaching and learning.Kevin Court

29、ney is deputy General Secretary of Britains National Union of Teachers.We think,theres a really important emotional connection between a teacher and a child whether its a whole class or whether its one-to-one.You need that immediacy of feedback and were not convinced that that can happen across an I

30、nternet connection.In one of the wealthiest.countries in the world,we think that we can afford to have teachers with genuine emotional connection there with the children,he said.Brightspark Education says the online tutoring is used only as an addition to supplement regular teaching.The pany says it

31、s service does not represent a threat to teachers jobs in Britain.Parents say theyre very satisfied with the results theyve seen.And what about the children?Children:I love it!I love it!I hate maths!So math-or,as the British call it,mathsis still not everyones favorite subject even with the latest t

32、echnology to teach it.31.What do we know about the online tutoring?A.Indian tutors are helping to teach math in Britain.B.Tutors and students are in different places.C.An online tutor helps several students at the same time.D.Tutors and students municate by telephone.32.What can we learn about Brigh

33、tspark Education?A.It shows a threat to teachers jobs in Britain.B.It can take place of the regular teaching.C.It only pays attention to math teaching.D.It emphasizes the individualized teaching.33.According to Kevin Courtne,_.A.online tutoring will represent a threat to teachers jobs in Britain B.online tutoring has a great influence on British.C.the emotional connection between a teacher and a c