衡阳八中2016年下期高三年级第一次月考试卷

英语（试题卷）

注意事项：

1.本卷为衡阳八中高三年级实验班第一次月考试卷，分两卷。其中共72题，满分150分，考试时间为120分钟。

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第I卷 选择题（共100分）

一.听力（每题1.5分，共30分）

第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

第一节，听下面五段对话，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，听完每项对话后，你都有10秒的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

现在你有5秒钟的时间阅读第一小题的有关内容。

1. What Will the woman do next?

A. Describe her neighbor. B. Have a physical examination.

C. Do some exercises.

2. What did the man do?

A. He criticized Jane. B. He made the woman angry.

C. He had a fight with Jane.

3. Who is the woman?

A. A teacher. B. A student. C. A company employee.

4. What does the man say about the summer palace？

A. it is well-preserved. B. it has been damaged.

C. it was the target of wars.

5. When does the conversation take place？

A. Just after a performance. B. Before a performance.

C. During a performance.

第二节: 听下面五段对话或独白，每段对话和独白后有几个小题。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。听每段对话和独白前，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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话和独白读两遍。（每题1.5分，共22.5分）

听下面一段对话，回答两个小题。现在你有10秒钟的时间阅读这两个小题。

6. Why does woman speak English so well？

A. She has many English friends.

B. She watches English programs on TV.

C. She listens to English programs every day.

7. How long has the woman probably studied English？

A. For three months. B. For to years. C. For three years.

听下面一段对话，回答三个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

8. What does Bob think of motorcycle racing after the accident ?

A. It’s still attractive. B. It’s too dangerous. C. It’s violent.

9. How long will it take Bob to fully recover？

A. About two weeks. B. About three weeks. C. About a years.

10. What did the woman give to the man？

A. Some chocolates. B. Some flowers. C. Some medicine.

听下面一段对话，回答三个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

11. Where is this conversation taking place？

A. On the phone. B. At the woman’s. C. At the man’s.

12. Who is the man？

A. A policeman. B. A criminal. C. A ticket seller.

13. What did the woman give to the man？

A. Take a flight. B. Talk with the man. C. Meet her daughter.

听下面一段对话，回答三个小题。现在你有15秒钟的时间阅读这三个小题。

14. What’s the relationship between the speakers？

A. Colleagues. B. Interviewer and interviewee. C. Boss and secretary.

15. What is the man not good at？

A. Organizing things. B. Learning new things. C. Speaking in public.

16. What does the woman want to know at last？

A. If the man gets on well with others.

B. How the man deals with difficulties.

C. What certificates he has earned.

听下面一段独白，回答四个小题。现在你有20秒钟的时间阅读这四个小题。

17. Where does the speaker’s friend live？

A. In Atlanta. B. In Chicago. C. In San Francisco.

18. What is the speaker’s job?

A. An artist. B. A doctor. C. An office manager.

19. How often do the two friends talk on the phone?

A. Twice a month. B. Once a week. C. Once a day.

20. In how many ways does the speaker keep in touch with her firend？

A. 2. B. 3. C. 5.

二.阅读理解（每题2分，共40分）

第一部分 阅读下面的文章，从每题后面所给的四个选项中选出正确的一项。

A

Think about the last time you felt afraid．Was it a fear of height?Did you oversleep on a weekday and fear you’d get into trouble at the office?In any case，you know what it feels like to feel fear．

But one woman doesn’t．The woman，code-named“UM”，gave her first-ever interview after years of being studied by a team of researchers．The woman is given a code name because the researchers want to protect her from anyone who would take advantage of her inability to feel afraid．

UM can’t tell you what fear is because she’s never experienced it．“I wonder what it’s like to actually be afraid of something，”she said．The formal name for the disease is Urbach-Wieth disease，which is characterized by a hoarse(粗哑的)voice，small bumps around the eyes，and calcium deposits(钙沉积的)in the brain．

In the case of UM，the disease has transformed the part of her brain that controls the human response to fear．In the interview，UM talks about an event in her life where she was held at knifepoint and gunpoint，“I was walking to the store，and I saw a man on a park bench．He said．‘Come here，please，’so I went over to him．He grabbed me by the shirt，put a knife to my throat and told me he was going to cut me．I told him，‘Go ahead and cut me，’I wasn’t afraid at a11．And for some reason，he let me go．”

Doctors who have been studying UM’s condition for years have been trying different things that could strike fear into her．They finally figured something out—increasing UM’s carbon dioxide levels．Extra carbon dioxide concentration in the blood is known to cause fear and panic in health individuals．Increasing UM’s carbon dioxide levels did manage to give her a fright．

21．The text starts by_______．

A．challenging the reader B．solving daily problems

C．1isting situations D．giving explanations

22．Why is the woman with Urbach-Wieth disease given a code name?

A．To tell her case from other patients．

B．To respect her privacy．

C．To meet the researchers’demands．

D．To ensure her safety．

23．From UM’s case，we can know that Urbach-Wieth disease may________.

A．stop the brain from functioning normally

B．1ead to a decrease in calcium deposits

C．stop the brain from responding quickly

D．1ead to an increase in carbon dioxide

24．What will probably happen to UM?

A．Dying of the Urbach-Wieth disease．

B．Getting the sense of panic．

C．Experiencing another danger．

D．Speaking with a hoarse voice．

B

My aunt died back in about 2003. She was eighty-four and so was my uncle. When she passed he felt miserable. They had been married for over 60 years. After my aunt’s death, he attended his church more frequently and his mourning was nearly unbearable to witness. His only daughter lived clear across the country in the south so he had only himself to make a comfort.

My cousin talked him into selling the house that he and my aunt had built together about twenty-five years before. It was very hard to part with the home they built together. One day he called my cousin who was living in Texas and told her that he reconnected with a lady from a church that he and my aunt went to forty years previously. She played the piano and his church was looking for new music. Her husband had died about seven years previously. He said he just wanted someone to go out to dinner with and spend time with. We were happy for them but had no idea how it would turn out. They were both almost eighty-seven years old.

They were like lovebirds and spent as much time together as they could. They both had one child each, she a son, he a daughter.

The conflict in their relationship came one day when they neither wanted to leave their respective churches. Before too long they realized that they did not want to be apart. They would find a new church together. They planned to marry. When he took her to a jewelry store and bought her a diamond, the employees were so impressed that they had a big write up in our own local paper, “The ‘Truth for Valentines’ Day. ” They prepared for their wedding. They moved the wedding date up because neither wanted to wait any longer to “be together”.

They got married in her house, where her first marriage took place. It was such a beautiful refreshing thing to see, two people who you would have thought had pretty much lived their lives, were beginning a new one together.

24.Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage above?

A. Love me, love my dog B. Love is never too late

C. Love is blind D. Love at first sight

25.How many characters are mentioned altogether in the story?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.

26.Which of the statements is true of my uncle?

A. He loved church activities more than anything else all his lifetime.

B. He lived in the south of the country, far away from his daughter living in Texas.

C. His wedding day fell on Valentines’ Day when he borrowed the lady a diamond.

D. His conflict with the lady arose in that they were both attached to their own churches.

C

Researchers from France and Italy discovered that Canadian parents are less strict with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy.

“Our most important finding was the difference between Canadians and the others，” said Professor Michel Claes，the lead author of the study.“Canadians focus on independence and negotiation．On the other hand，Italians，for example，exercise more control．We found Canadians seem to focus on negotiation in case of a conflict.”

Claes said Canada，France and Italy were selected for the study because they share important cultural and social factors.“We chose French-Canadians because they share the same language as France，and originally came from France and share certain values．Italy was included because it was considered to have similar，strong and important family values，” he explained.

The researchers examined the emotional ties between parents and their children by questioning 1,256 students aged 11 to 19 years old.

Canadian students reported less control and more free actions，according to the study．Italian parents were stricter and French parents were somewhere in the middle.

Claes explains that the differences lie in education in Canada，France and Italy.

“North America has its own educational values，which promote individualization．Tolerance and comprehension are encouraged．Italy，on the other hand，promotes respect of authority，control，and the need for permission.” he said.

Children from all three countries described their mothers as warm and communicative．Italian and Canadian children had similar feelings about their fathers，and reported high levels of emotional ties．But French fathers were generally thought by their children to be more distant and cold.

“We were surprised by this，” Claes admitted.“It seems as though the relationships between French mothers and their children were becoming closer over time，while fathers maintain a form of distance