2017届高三第二次月考

英语试题

命题人：杨伟 审核人：袁全明

注意事项：

1本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

2答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。

3.全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。

4.第I卷听力部分满分30分，不计入总分，考试成绩录取时提供给高校作参考。

5 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷

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

第一节（共5小题：每题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一小题，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15秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话只读一遍。

1. How is the weather in the woman’s opinion?

A. Warm. B. Cold. C. Hot.

2. What does the man mean?

A. He already has plans. B. The woman should decide. C. He will make a reservation.

3. Why did the man go to Beijing?

A. To visit his parents. B. To have an interview. C. To receive job training.

4. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. What to take up as a hobby. B. How to keep fit. C. How to handle pressure.

5. What will the man do first?

A. Tidy his room. B. Go on a picnic. C. Wear clothes.

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三个选项选出最佳选项，并标在试卷相应位置，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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What are the two speakers doing？

A. Seeing a movie. B. Having dinner. C. Making soup.

7. What makes the man unhappy？

A. The woman doesn’t cook very well. B. The woman seldom talks to him at dinner.

C. The woman watches too many commercials

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What is the woman going to do after dinner?

A. Watch TV. B. Give a speech. C. Go to the hotel.

9. What do we know about the woman?

A. She feels very tired. B. She enjoys the election very much.

C. She likes to shake hands with many people.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. Where is the woman from?

A. The UK. B. America. C. Russia.

11. When will Halloween begin?

A. Tomorrow. B. This week. C. Next week.

12. What will the woman do?

A. Buy some candy. B. Attend a party. C. Visit her friends.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. What is the man reading?

A. A textbook. B. A magazine. C. A novel.

14. Why are some people against kung fu novels?

A. They think kung fu novels are bad for teenagers.

B. They think kung fu novels are not helpful for students’ studies.

C. They don’t think highly of kung fu writers.

15. What are kung fu novels considered as by some people?

A. Old Chinese literature. B. Modern Chinese literature. C. Future Chinese literature.

16. What does the woman think of the new textbooks?

A. She is indifferent to them. B. She is in favor of them. C. She is against them.

听下面一段对话，回答第17-20四个小题。

How long has the woman been coughing?

A. Two days B. Three days C. Four days

What is wrong with the woman?

A. She has a headache B. She is tired C . She has got the flu

19. What does the man tell the woman to do ?

A. Stay in bed for some time B. Go around from time to time C.come to see him tomorrow morning

Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In the street B. In the man’s office C. At the woman’s

第二部分阅读理解 （共两节，满分60分）

第一节 （共15小题;每小题3分，满分45分）

阅读下列短文 ，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项填在题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

DOGS DRIVE CAR

Auckland, New Zealand

After two months of learning, Monty, and Porter were able to drive an automobile around a racetrack. “We wanted to prove how smart rescue dogs are,” animal behaviorist Mark Vette says. Vette first used voice commands and treats to teach the dogs how to turn a steering wheel and how to change gear(换挡).

The dogs’ ride only accelerated up to 7.5 miles an hour, and trainers could stop the auto using a remote control.

GOLDEN ZEBRA

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Zoe the zebra’s markings are special. The animal has white and golden stripes. Zoe’s appearance resulted from a rare condition called amelanosis(黑素缺失症). Her body doesn't make enough melanin, the substance in an animal’s skin and hair cells that produces color. “Only 25 other golden zebras are known to exist in the world,”says Ann Goody, who runs the wildlife refuge where Zoe lives. In the wild, life may be difficult for animals with amelanosis because predators(捕猎者) can easily spot them. But Zoe is protected at her refuge.

COCKATOO MAKES TOOLS

Vienna, Austria

When Figaro the cockatoo spots food lying just out of reach from his cage, he builds a tiny wooden tool to sweep the tasty prize in his way.

The bird first revealed his talent when a stone he was playing with rolled out of his cage. The cockatoo couldn’t reach the stone. So he flew away and returned with a small branch, slipping it through the fence to slide the stone toward him.

Wondering if he would do it again, scientists placed a nut exactly where the stone had been. This time, Figaro pulled out a small piece of wood in his cage and dragged the nut toward him.

21. If Zoe the zebra is set free in the wild, she will _____ .

A. meet no natural predators B. be easily found for her appearance

C. manage to make enough melanin D. not get along with other zebras

22. What’ s special about Figaro the cockatoo?

A. He’ s particular about his food. B. He’s extremely fond of stones.

C. He can tell the difference between stones and nuts

D. He’s good at drawing support from outside forces.

23. What is the text mainly about?

A. Amazing animals. B. Ways to help animals.

C. Animals’ unique talents. D. Tips on training animals.

B

The power of humor and laugher is numerous. They entertain us and make us feel good. But, above all, we have discovered that humor and laughter are the best medicine. They relieve pain, reduce stress and anxiety, and are anti-aging and longevity facilitators.

They are extremely necessary for helping us to find and maintain a balance between life and work. However, they are slipping away from us. We have become far too serious. The only ones who still enjoy humor, laughter, fun and play to the fullest are young children. Children tend to laugh an average of 200 times a day. For adults, however, it is a totally different story.

In the 1950s people laughed on average 18 times a day. Today, we are lucky if we average between 4-6 times a day.

As a matter of fact, a recent study found that people laugh 6 more times in the presence of one person but 30 more times in a group of people. You can get a chuckle(咯咯笑) from jokes you get on the Internet, but it is not the same as belly jiggling laughter (a deep laugh) you get when you interact with others.

Socializing with friends and relatives was much looked forward to. However, this is no longer the case. In fact, the majority of people can hardly find time, nor do they have the inclination towards socializing outside home. They turn to electronic media such as television, computers, the Internet, videos, CDs, and audio equipment, which can provide them with instant self-entertainment at the push of a button.

The workplace does not fare(进展) much better. Due to the pressures to produce more in the same or fewer hours available and to compete, for example, in a manufacturing field with cheaper labor elsewhere in the world, humor and laughter in the workplace have gradually eroded（逐渐毁坏） away.

I have developed a real appreciation, perhaps closer to a strong desire for the power of humor and laughter. This encouraged me to write my first book titled “The Power of Humor” and subsequently my second book titled “Kids Say the Goggonest Things” based on the natural humor, laughter, play and fun that kids experience and they freely share with parents, grandparents and teachers.

From writing about humor and laughter, people start to ask me to speak up for them. To date, I have developed a number of humor-laughter topics that I use in my keynote presentations. You are invited to subscribe to my free monthly e-magazine “The Humormeister’s Forum” by clicking on the Free Humor E-zine navigation button on the website.

24. According to the author, laughter is leaving us partly because ________.

A. we treat everything in a serious way

B. it relieves pain, reduces stress and anxiety

C. we fail to maintain balance between life and work

D. the pace of change in our lives is becoming faster

25. The fourth paragraph mainly tells us that ________.

A. getting a deep laugh nowadays is difficult

B. we can entertain ourselves with the help of the Internet

C. researchers have made a new discovery about the effect of laughter

D. people laugh more heartily when spending time with others

26. The underlined word “inclination” in Paragraph 5 most probably means “________”.

A. destination B. attitude C. tendency D. approach

27. Which of the following articles can we most probably find in “The Humormeister’s Forum”?

A. The power of honesty.

B. Funny Christmas stories to share with your loved ones.

C. Live life purposefully: The relationship within.

D. Don’t be your own worst enemy.

C

Two-thirds of the world’s major rivers have now been disrupted(中断)with more than 50,000 dams in an attempt to stole water and provide power. In the US，there are more than 85，000 dams，disrupting large and small rives, and in most cases transforming natural flow．The most famous of these，the Hoover Dam, constructed in the l930's，is mainly responsible for the fact that the Colorado River no longer reaches the ocean.

?Dams, besides all their attractive benefits, also have negative impacts. Creating a reservoir(水库) means a large area must be flooded. Communities may lose their land, houses and culturally impotent sites.

?Environmentally, the new reservoir can be a paradise for wildlife, especially birds. However, it can cause greenhouse gas emissions(排放)and poison the water for fish. Also, the dramatic rise and fall of water levels during dam releases is too extreme for plains and animals to cope with, resulting in dead zones around the shores of reservoirs. Fish that lay their eggs in the shallows, for example, may find a few hours later that those sites are high and dry.

?Dams don’t just block water flow. The flow may be reduced so that farmers will have great trouble getting water for their fields. They