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滁州中学2017届高三年级第一次月考

英语试卷

（满分：150分 用时：120分钟 命题：孙维佳 审核：陈琨）

注意事项：

1. 答题前，务必在试题卷、答题卡规定的地方填写自己的姓名、座位号。

2. 答第Ⅰ卷时，每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

3. 答第Ⅱ卷时，请在答题卷上书写，要求认真审题、仔细作答、字体工整、笔迹清晰。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共100分）

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 suggest the woman do?

A. Go to work anyway. B. Stay at home. C. Take the temperature.

2. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A traffic jam.

B. A meeting with the woman’s teacher.

C. The woman’s basketball game.

3. What do we know about the student loan?

A. It is still available.

B. This Tuesday is the last day.

C. It is only open for one month.

4. How does the woman feel about the man’s remark?

A. Supportive. B. Disappointing. C. Indifferent.

5. What will happen on Monday?

A. Kevin will return to work.

B. The speakers will start new jobs.

C. The company will welcome a new employee.

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。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 is the Walnut milk located?

A. In the health food area.

B. In the daily section.

C. Behind the bread section.

7. Why is woman looking for walnut milk?

A. She doesn’t like regular milk.

B. She can’t drink regular milk.

C. She thinks it’s healthier than regular milk.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How is the electricity formed?

A. When bits of ice fill up a cloud.

B. When pieces of ice crash into each other.

C. When raindrops freeze before falling to the ground.

9. How hot is the sun?

A. About 10,000 degrees

B. About 18,000 degrees.

C. About 60,000 degrees.

10. What usually happens to people after being struck by lightning?

A. They die.

B. They are alive but injured.

C. They are completely fine.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why did the man come to the store?

A. To go shopping with his friends.

B. To buy a birthday present for his best friend.

C. To look for some gifts for his girlfriend.

12. What does the woman suggest first?

A. A necklace. B. Some earrings. C. A scarf.

13. What else does the man ask the woman to do for him?

A. Wrap the present up.

B. Let him use a credit card for payment.

C. Choose a suitable greeting card for him.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Why is the man upset?

A. His room doesn’t have a view.

B. His room is dirty.

C. His bed wasn’t made.

15. Which upgrade does the woman give the man?

A. A queen-sized bed. B. A free meal. C. Pool access.

16. When does the man need a wake-up call?

A. At 6:00 a.m. B. At 7:00 a.m. sharp. C. Around 9:00 a.m.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is Wonder about?

A. A disabled boy born in August.

B. A boy who looks different from everybody else.

C. A smart boy who wants to be homeschooled.

18. Where does R. J. Palacio want people to know?

A. It doesn’t matter how you treat people.

B. Everyone feels alone.

C. Kindness is important.

19. Where was R. J. Palacio when she had the idea for Wonder?

A. With her father. B. With her son. C. With her daughter.

20. Who is the man?

A. A reporter. B. An author. C. A teacher.

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。

A

Ever walked to the shops only to find, once there, you’ve completely forgotten what you went for? Or struggled to remember the name of an old friend? For years we’ve accepted that a forgetful brain is as much a part of aging as wrinkles and grey hair. But now a new book suggests that we’ve got it all wrong.

According to The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain, by science writer Barbara Strauch, when it comes to the important things, our brains actually get better with age. In fact, she argues that some studies have found that our brain hits its peak between our 40s and 60s—much later than previously thought.

Furthermore, rather than losing many brain cells as we age, we keep them, and even produce new ones well into middle age. For years, it’s been assumed that brain, much like the body, declines with age. But the longest, largest study into what happens to people as they age suggests otherwise.

This continuing research has followed 6,000 people since 1956, testing them every seven years. It has found that on average, participants performed better on cognitive（认知的）tests in their 40s and 50s than they had done in their 20s. Specifically, older people did better on tests of vocabulary, verbal memory (how many words they can remember) and problem solving. Where they performed less well was number ability and perceptual speed—how fast they can push a button when ordered. However, with more complex tasks such as problem-solving and language, we are at our best at middle age and beyond. In short, researchers are now coming up with scientific proof that we do get wiser with age.

Neuroscientists are also finding that we are happier with age. A recent US study found older people were much better at controlling and balancing their emotions. It is thought that when we are younger we need to focus more on the negative aspects of life in order to learn about the possible dangers in the world, but as we get older we’ve learned our lessons and are aware that we have less time left in life; therefore, it becomes more important for us to be happy.

21. Barbara Strauch probably agrees that .

A. the young are better at handling important things

B. people’s brains work best between their 40s and 60s

C. aging leads to the decline of the function of the brain

D. wrinkles and grey hair are the only symbols of aging

22. The continuing research has found older people perform better on .

A. perceptual speed B. number ability

C. vocabulary tests D. body balance

23. People are happier with aging because .

A. they learn to value the time left

B. they know how to share feelings

C. they cannot focus on negative aspects

D. they do not realize the possible dangers

24. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. People get happier with age.

B. People get wiser with age.

C. People get more forgetful with age.

D. People get more self-aware with age.

B

Bad news sells. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers. But now that information is being spread and monitored in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules. By tracking people’s e-mails and online posts, scientists have found that good news can spread faster and farther than disasters and sob stories.

“The ‘if it bleeds’ rule works for mass media”, says Jonah Berger, a scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. “They want your eyeballs and don’t care how you’re feeling. But when you share a story with your friends, you care a lot more how they react. You don’t want them to think of you as a Debbie Downer.”

Researchers analyzing word-of–mouth communication—e-mails, Web posts and reviews, face-to-face conversations—found that it tended to be more positive than negative, but that didn’t necessarily mean people preferred positive news. Was positive news shared more often simply because people experienced more good things than bad things? To test for that possibility, Dr. Berger looked at how people spread a particular set of news stories: Penn. colleague analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months. One of his first findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list than non-science articles. He found that science amazed Times’ readers and made them want to share this positive feeling with others.

Readers also tended to share articles that were exciting or funny, or that inspired negative feelings like anger or anxiety, but not articles that left them merely sad. They needed to be aroused（激发） one way or the other, and they preferred good news to bad. The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, as Dr. Berger explains in his new book, “Contagious: Why Things Catch On.”

25. What do the classic rules mentioned in the text apply to?

A. News reports. B. Research papers.

C. Private e-mails. D. Daily conversations.

26. What can we infer about people like Debbie Downer?

A. They are socially inactive.

B. They are good at telling stories.

C. They are inconsiderate of others.

D. They are careful with their words.

27. Which tended to be most e-mailed according to Dr. Berger’s research?

A. Sports news. B. Science articles.

C. Personal accounts. D. Financial reviews.

28. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Sad Stories Travel Far and Wide.

B. Online News Attracts More people.

C. Reading Habits Change with the Times.

D. Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks.

C

“Did you hear what happened to Adam last Friday?” Lindsey whispers to Tori.

With her eyes shining, Tori brags, “You bet I did. Sean told me two days ago.”

What are Lindsey and Tori talking about? It just happens to be yours truly, Adam Freedman. I can tell you that what they are saying is (a) not nice and (b) not even true. Still, Lindsey and Tori aren’t very different from most students here at Linton High School, including me. Many of our conversations are gossip（闲话）. I have noticed three effects of gossip: it can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.

An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about. Usually, gossip spreads information about a topic—breakups, troubles at home, even dropping out—that a person would rather keep secret. The more embarrassing or shameful the secret is, the juicer the gossip it makes. Probably the worst type of gossip is the absolute lie. People often think of gossipers as harmless, bur crue