桂林市第十八中学14级高三第一次月考试卷

英 语

命题人： 袁海英 审题人： 蒋芳

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分。考试时间：120分钟 。

注意：1、答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和考号填写在答题卡指定的位置，在规定的位置贴好条形码。

2、选择题答案用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、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答题卷上作答，字体工整，笔迹清楚。请按照题号在各题的答题区域（黑色线框）内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。

第 I 卷

第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分30分）

做题时先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

（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 want to do?

A. Take photos. B. Buy a camera. C. Help the woman.

2. What are the speakers talking about？

A. A noisy night. B. Their life in town. C. A place of living.

3. Where is the man now?

A. On his way. B. In a restaurant. C. At home

4. What will Celia do?

A. Find a player. B. Watch a game. C. Play basketball.

5. What day is it when the conversation takes place?

A. Saturday. B. Sunday. C. Monday.

（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6、7题。

6. What is Sara going to do?

A. Buy John a gift. B. Give John a surprise. C. Invite John to France.

7. What does the man think of Sara’s plan?

A. Funny. B. Exciting. C. Strange.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter?

A. She has to give up her travel plan. B. She wants to visit another city. C. She needs to put off her test.

9. What does Diana want Peter to do?

A. Help her with her study. B. Take a book to her friend. C. Teach a geography lesson.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why does the man call the woman?

A. To tell her about her new job. B. To ask about her job program. C. To plan a meeting with her.

11. Who needs a new flat?

A. Alex. B. Andrea. C. Miranda.

12. Where is the woman now?

A. In Baltimore. B. In New York. C. In Avon.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant?

A. Where the restaurant is. B. Whether the prices are low. C. How well the food is prepared.

14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine?

A. After he came back to Sweden.

B. Before he went to the United States.

C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.

15. What may Jan do to find a good restaurant?

A. Talk to people in the street. B. Speak to taxi drivers. C. Ask hotel clerks.

16. What do we know about Jan?

A. He cooks for a restaurant. B. He travels a lot for his work. C. He prefers American food.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题

17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon?

A. It’s a new building. B. It’s a small town. C. It’s a public place.

18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon?

A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoons. C. Fridays and Saturdays.

19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets?

A. Via del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street. C. Hernandes Street.

20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best?

A. It has an old stone surface. B. It is named after a writer. C. It is a famous university.

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

Two of the saddest words in the English language are “ if only” . I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words , because they convey regret , lost opportunities , mistakes , and disappointment .

My father is famous in our family for saying , “ Take the extra minute to do it right.” I always try to live by the “extra minute” rule . When my children were young and likely to cause accidents , I always thought about what I could do to avoid an “ if only ” moment , whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a computer , or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table .

I don’t only avoid those “ if only” moments when it comes to safety . It’s equally important to avoid “if only” in our personal relationships . We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say “ I love you” or “ I forgive you” . When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday , I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be there . But then I thought about the fact that he’s 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t give up an opportunity to see him . I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all .

I know there will still be occasions when I have to say “ if only” about something , but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality（可能发生的事） . And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right , or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection , I know that I’m doing the right thing . I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being .

21. Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule ?

A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated.

B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working .

C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better.

D. Move an object out of the way before it trips someone .

22. The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to _______________.

A. keep her appointment with the eye doctor B. meet her father who was already an old man

C. join in the holiday celebration of the company D. finish her work before the deadline approaching

23. The underlined word “foregone” in Paragraph 3 is closed in meaning to “____________” .

A. abandoned B. lacked C. avoided D. wasted

24. What is the best title for the passage ?

A. The Emotional Well-being B. The Two Saddest Words

C. The Most Useful Rule D. The Peace of Mind

B

No one can deny that buttons are an important clothing device. But , can they rise to the level of art ? Organizers of an exhibit in New York think so.

Peter Souleo Wright organized “The Button Show” at Rush Arts Gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan . Eleven artists used the small , ordinary objects to create sculptures , portraits and wearable art . Some of the works are political , some are personal and others are just fun.

Wright said each artist reimagines and repurposes the buttons to make art . “What I tried to do with this show,” he said , “ was to look at artists who were promoting that level of craft.”

He said he wanted the button art to be comparable to a painting “because of the amount of detail and precision in the work”.

Artist Beau McCall produced “A Harlem Hangover”. It looks like a wine bottle that fell over on a table . A stream of connected red buttons hang over the side, like wine flowing down . Similar red buttons form a small pool on the floor .

McCall layers buttons of different shapes and sizes to create the bottle. The stitching that holds them together is also part of the artistic design.

For San Francisco-based artist Lisa Kokin , buttons are highly personal . After her father died in 2001, she created a portrait of him using only buttons. That memorial to her father led to other button portraits , including those of activists Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez .

Others use buttons for details. Artist Amalia Amaki of Tuscaloosa , Alabama , placed them on and around old photographs. Los Angeles artist Camilla Taylor attached buttons to three large sculptures that look like headless animals with long , narrow legs.

“The Button Show” ends at March 12. The Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation paid for the exhibition. The foundation was created in 1995 by the Simmons brothers: artist Danny , hip-hop producer Russell and rapper Rev﹒Run. The foundation seeks to bring the artists to urban youth and to provide support for new artists .

25. Why did Wright organize “The Button Show”?

A. To show the importance of buttons . B. To support the new artists .

C. To raise the button show to the level of art . D. To create sculptures and portraits .

26. Whose works are personal ?

A. Peter Souleo Wright . B. Beau McCall . C. Lisa Kokin . D. Amalia Amaki .

27. If you want to see “The Button Show” , you should ____________.

A. buy tickets before March 12 B. phone Peter Souleo Wright before March 12

C. go to Rush Arts Gallery D. go to the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation

C

There’s a whole lot of things that people fill their stomachs with. Some of them keep people alive. Some of them taste good to people. Some of them help people win pie-eating contests. Alcohol does none of these things. Why do people keep drinking it ? And what does it do once it gets to their stomachs ?

There are all kinds of alcohol molecules (分子), but the one that people most often pour down their throat is ethanol (乙醇). Ethanol is very tiny and it dissolves in water , so it gets into all sorts of places that it’s not supposed to. Alcohol heads for the digestive system . Because it dissolves in water , it can get into the water in the bloodstream . Because ethanol , to a certain extent , can pass through cell membranes (膜). It can go almost anywhere . It spreads through the muscles , and is sweated --- unmetabolized(未经新车代谢的) and whole --- through the skin. It gets into the heart . It even takes a walk through the brain , and this is the secret of its powers.

Alcohol depresses the nerves , and the nerves affect almost every area of the body . Enough alcohol makes people sleep , so people who become unconscious choke on their own vomit (呕吐物) . Most worryingly , enough alcohol can shut down those parts of the brain just like any other parts. People become unconscious and their brains sim