广东省中山市二中2015届高三英语上学期第一次月考试卷及答案
广东中山市二中2015届高三年级上学期月考１
英语科试卷
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked successfully, his assistant __1_, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”
Thomas Edison replied very __2_, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have _3__ a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”
If you learn from your mistakes, then you are _4__. If you learn from someone else’s mistakes, then you are a genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines __5__ daily and failure is nothing more than a few small __6_ repeated daily.
How __7_ the above lines are! Success takes time. We’ll make mistakes if we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to __8__ new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence __9__ what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional qualities, but only a few really _10___ their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) _11_ life. Do you want to be exceptional?
Success is a fruit which everyone wants to eat, but it is not found everywhere and no one can __12_ it without serious efforts.
Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) _13__!
Success depends on previous __14__, and without it we will end in failure.
When you are __15__, please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.
1. A. celebrated B. complained C. explained D. answered
2. A. confidently B. madly C. carelessly D. angrily
3. A. remembered B. refused C. learned D. ordered
4. A. healthy B. enthusiastic C. intelligent D. generous
5. A. shown B. prevented C. recorded D. practiced
6. A. errors B. machines C. jobs D. steps
7. A. common B. strange C. familiar D. true
8. A. keep B. attempt C. give D. see
9. A. depends on B. sets aside C. turns down D. sets up
10. A. own B. realize C. provide D. research
11. A. active B. hard C. rich D. average
12. A. achieve B. watch C. offer D. recognize
13. A. story B. excuse C. key D. plan
14. A. preparation B. influence C. life D. generation
15. A. powerful B. wonderful C. successful D. hopeful
第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1．5分，满分15分)
Once upon a time，there was an island. All the feelings lived in the island：Happiness，Sadness，Richness，Knowledge, and all of the others,16_________ (include) Love. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink，so they constructed boats 17________ left，except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out 18_________ the last possible moment. When the island had almost sunk，Love decided to ask for help.Richness was passing 19_______ Love in a grand boat.
Love said，“Richness，can you take me with you？”
Richness answered，“No，I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat 20________ I have to carry. There is no place here for you.”
Suddenly，there was a voice，“Come，Love，I will take you.”It was an elder.So blessed and overjoyed，Love even forgot 21_________ (ask) the elder where they were going. 22________ they arrived at dry land，the elder went her own way. 23________ (realize) how much she owed the elder，Love asked Knowledge, another elder，“Who helped me？”
“24________was Time，”Knowledge answered.
“Time？”asked Love.“But why did Time help me？”
Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered，“Because only Time is capable of understanding how 25___________(value) Love is.”
Ⅱ 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
A
When I was 12, all I wanted was a signet (图章) ring. They were the 'in' thing and it seemed every girl except me had one. On my 13th birthday, my Mum gave me a signet ring with my initials (姓名首字母) carved into it. I was in heaven.
What made it even more special was that it was about the only thing that wasn’t being “replaced”. We’d been burnt out in fires that swept through our area earlier that year and had lost everything—so most of the “new” stuff (东西) we got was really just to replace what we’d lost. But not my ring. My ring was new.
Then, only one month later, I lost it. I took it off before bed and it was missing in the morning. I was sad and searched everywhere for it. But it seemed to have disappeared. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking for it. And two years later, we sold the house and moved away.
Years passed, and a couple of moves later, I was visiting my parents’ when Mum told me that she had something for me. It wasn’t my birthday, nor was it Easter or Christmas or any other gift-giving occasion. Mum noticed my questioning look. “You"ll recognize this one,” she said, smiling.
Then she handed me a small ring box. I took it from her and opened it to find my beautiful signet ring inside.
The family who had bought our house 13 years earlier had recently decided to do some redecorations, which included replacing the carpets. When they pulled the carpet up in my old bedroom, they found the ring. As it had my initials carved into it, they realized who owned the ring. They’d had it professionally cleaned up by a jeweler before sending it to my mother. And it still fits me.
26. The underlined word “in” in the first paragraph probably means “________”.
A. fashionable B. available C. practical D. renewable
27. When she got the ring back, the writer was about ________.
A. 13 years old B. 15 years old C. 26 years old D. 28 years old
28. Who found the missing ring first?
A. the author’s mother B. the author C. the house present owner D. unknown
29. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The writer’s family moved several times.
B. The writer never stopped looking for her ring.
C. The writer’s ring was cleaned up by the new house owner.
D. The writer lost her ring in the morning when she took it off.
30. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. My New Ring B. Lost and Found C. Lost and Replaced D. An Expensive Ring
B
The old shopkeeper led me through to the back of the shop．The room was filled with boxes and photographs of people dressed in old-fashioned clothes，holding packages in their hands．
“Who are these-people?”I asked．
“Satisfied customers，”answered young Mr. Hopkins．“We have a very wide choice of items for sale．Whenever I serve a new customer, I always take their picture．”Mr. Hopkins pointed to an ancient camera standing next to one wall．“Now, how can I serve you?”he added．
By this time，I had started to trust Mr. Hopkins and had begun to appreciate the lovely items on sale. I needed to buy Christmas presents for my family and friends，and this seemed to be the perfect place to purchase them．I spent a very pleasant hour being shown the commodities in Mr. Hopkins’shop．No matter what I asked for, Mr. Hopkins found it for me．Finally, I bought an antique jewelry box，a pair of riding boots，a leather-bound edition of the Complete Works of Mark Twain, and a sewing machine．
I was very excited that I had found such a good little shop．I promised Mr. Hopkins that l would come back soon. “I will tell all my friends about your lovely place，”I told the shopkeeper．
“Please do not do that, sir' , said Mr. Hopkins．“This is a special place for special people．You must keep this shop a secret．” Then he took my photograph and handed me the picture straight away．
“That was quick!”I exclaimed．I looked at the photograph．In the picture I looked proud and excited holding the presents I had bought in Mr. Hopkins’dusty shop．
On Christmas Day, my friends and relatives were delighted with the presents I had bought for them．For weeks．my brother begged me to show him where to find this wonderful little shop．I finally agreed to take him to London to show him．
When we arrived in London，we walked along Oxford Street，past the department store and
Found nothing．The little shop was no longer there．In its place was an empty space being used as a car park．I checked the area again。There was the music shop，and there was the department store．In between should have been Hopkins and Son, but it wasn’t there．
As l was staring at the place where the shop should have been, a old policeman came along．“Are you looking for something sir?”he asked．
I turned and said“I am looking for a little shop called Hopkins and Son．I thought it was here．”
“Oh yes，”said the policeman．“There was a shop here once called Hopkins and Son．It sold all
sorts of things，but it was knocked down over 30 years ago．”
I looked again at the place where the shop had been．Then I reached into my pocket and took out the photograph that Mr. Hopkins had taken of me holding my presents in the little shop．
“How strange”I exclaimed．
31．The photos in the back of the shop showed ________.
A. the items that Mr. Hopkins had sold B．Mr. Hopkins’family members
C．Mr. Hopkins’former customers D．the antique paintings
32．How did the writer like the shop?
A．He found it a modem big shop．
B．He thought it a wonderful shop for all Christmas presents．
C．He thought it a good shop with an ancient camera．
D．He found it a dusty, old but friendly and lovely little shop．
33．Which of the following is true about the shop?
A．It was a well-known little shop in London。
B．It was a special shop selling special presents．
C．It was between a music shop and a department store．
D．It was knocked down a few weeks ago.
34．The word “the commodities’in the 4th paragraph means ________. ．
A．the goods in the shop B. the writer’s works
C．Mr. Hopkins" photographs D．Some presents left by other customers
35．Which of the following is the best title of this passage?
A．Christmas Shopping B．Hopkins and His Son
C．The Strange Experience D．The Strange Little Shop
C
Several hundred strangers received “love letters” from a young man on the street. The letter was written and given out by Yang Yang, a student majoring in human resources at Chongqing University of Science and Technology, who hoped to show his disappointment with job hunting.
Yang"s story has captured media attention perhaps because it is similar to those of millions of recent graduates, who are seeking jobs and eking out meager livings in the country"s wealthiest cities. They have diplomas rather than professional skills and scramble to metropolises in hopes of better lives only to find low-paying jobs and miserable living conditions.
They are China"s 'ant tribe'（蚁族）, a term coined by sociologist Lian Si in his 2009 book, Ant Tribe, “Ther’re so similar to ants. They share small and narrow living areas. They’re intelligent and hardworking, yet anonymous and underpaid.” The term, sociologists have said, also speaks to their helplessness in a world governed by the law of the concrete jungle - only the strongest survive.
A survey in Lian’s another book published this year, Ant Treibe II, found nearly 30 percent of “ants” are graduates of famous universities-almost three times last year’s percentage. Most had degrees in popular majors. In addition, 7.2 percent of “ants” have at least a master’s degree compared to 1.6 percent in 2009.
An “ant"s” average monthly salary is 1,904 yuan ($286), with about 64 percent of them earning fewer than 2,000 yuan a month.
Another survey in the 2010 Annual Report on the Development of Chinese Talent, released by the Social Sciences Academic Press in June, found more than 1 million “ants” live in big cities.
“Most ants" are from rural（农村）families or small towns, and their experiences in ordinary universities didn"t arm them well enough to fight with competitors in big cities" employment markets,” professor at Renmin University of China Zhang Ming said.
The “ant tribe’s” embarrassing living situations have become a serious social problem, and the government should develop smaller cities to attract more graduated form big cities. Zhang believed.
However, “ants’ expect more study and training opportunities in big cities, which keeps them in positive mindsets despite their situations.
36．Yang’s story is introduced in other to ________.
A．analyze graduates’ difficulties in finding jobs B.lead to the topic of the article-“ant tribe”
C．tell readers a story about those big cities D.show a clever way of dealing with pressure
37．The “ants” fait to find high-paying jobs mainly because ________.
A．they have no diplomas from good universities
B．their majors do not meet the needs of society
C．those from rural areas are not treated equally
D．they do not have necessary professional skills
38．“Ant tribe” members are similar to ants in the following aspects EXCEPT that ________.
A．they live in narrow and small places in groups
B．they work hard but earn little for survival
C．they are in a world judged by the jungle law
D．they are pleased with being nameless and underpaid
39．Professor Zhang thought “ants” problems could be solved by ________.
A．creating more jobs for graduates in big cities
B．developing smaller cities to attract graduates
C．sending graduates to rural areas and small towns
D．training graduates to improve their ability
40．By writing this article, the author mainly intends to show________.
A．despite better education, “ants” are still struggling
B．despite difficulties, “ants” have promising future
C．better education, better job opportunities
D．Ant Tribe is a good book to help understand today’s China
D
As the nights get longer, those who suffer from the winter blues will be planning ways to escape to the sunshine.
But there may be a much simpler way of cheering yourself up... simply shining a bright light into your ear canal.
Up to one in four Britons suffer from seasonal affective disorder, with seven percent of the population having full-blown SAD.
It is caused by the brain not receiving enough daylight which is needed to trigger serotonin（血清素）, a hormone that regulates mood. Symptoms range from mild lethargy（嗜睡） to depression and insomnia（失眠）, but a cure might be in sight.
Two clinical trials, run by Valkee - who make a device that can shine light into your ear - and the University of Oulu in Finland, have found that carefully targeted light can help prevent the condition.
Juuso Nissilä, Valkee"s co-founder and chief scientist said: "We presented earlier that the human brain is sensitive to light.
"These two clinical trials show that channeling bright light via ear canal into brain"s photosensitive areas effectively prevents and treats seasonal affective disorder."
The University of Oulu reported that in their first study, 92 percent of the patients with seasonal affective disorder achieved full remission after a month of daily eight-to-12 minute doses of light from the Valkee.
The results were presented at the International Forum for Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Budapest.
Valkee launched its bright-light headset in August 2010. It is classed as a medical device under EU regulations.
The device channels bright light direct to the brain via the ear canal to prevent and cure depression, mood swings and even circadian-rhythm disorders such as jetlag.
It costs ￡185 and looks like an iPod - only the earphones emit light rather than sound.
Anyone wanting to copy the effects with a torch is likely to be disappointed, they emit the wrong kind of light that is apparently too yellow.
41. According to the census, ________ of the Britons suffer from seasonal affective disorder
A. 7%. B. 25%. C. 92%. D. 20%.
42. Why can the headset run by Valkee stop and treat the winter blues affectively? Because _______.
A. the bright light through ear canal can get into brain"s photosensitive areas
B. the headsets are very colorful, which can make sufferers excited
C. the earphones can broadcast music
D. the sufferers can chat with others by using the headset
43. What does the research tell us about the seasonal affective disorder?
A. It’s impossible to cure the seasonal affective disorder.
B. The treatment of the disease still has a long way to go.
C. Years of research has produced no reportable results.
D. It’s possible to cure the seasonal affective disorder.
44. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The new medical device looks like an iPod.
B. The bright-light headset was launched in 2010.
C. It is Valkee that make the new medical device.
D. The torch will not be used for making the bright-light headset.
45. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. A New IPod For Listening to Music.
B. A New Headset For Watching Videos.
C. A New Medical Device For Curing the Winter Blues.
D. A New Earphones For Treating Depression.
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。首先请阅读下列一些电影简介。
A. Name: Life is beautiful | Brief introduction: an Italian movie. During World War II in Italy, Guido was a good and kind, cheerful and humorous person. He met and fell in love with Dora, a school teacher; and they got married. It is a very beautiful and sad story. It is a heartrending movie that shows us we should never forget what happened and stand up against war. |
B. Name: Central Station | Brief introduction: a Brazilian movie. A poor and retired teacher writes letters in the Rio de Janeiro train station. Illiterate people pay Dora to write and mail the letters. Ana, one of Dora"s clients, died in front of the station, and Dora took Josué, to her house. First, Dora had bad intentions, but then she decided to help the boy look for his father. This film shows how both poverty and hope play a role in the lives of Brazilian people. |
C. Name: Gattaca | Brief introduction: a science fiction thriller. It shows the use of genetic engineering in the future to create an almost perfect human. The director of this movie creates a world of the future based on genetic testing and research nowadays. This movie is shocking to society because it creates a believable world of the future based on genetic engineering. |
D. Name: The Net | Brief introduction: a Canadian movie. It introduces us to the main character, a computer programmer totally addicted to the Internet. She spends hours and hours in front of the screen working, ordering pizza, reserving a flight seat, and chatting with online friends. Then comes the sinister aspect of identity theft. The movie is close to our daily life, and those troubles might happen to us. |
E. Name: Harry Potter | Brief introduction: a science fiction movie. The movie concerns Harry’s struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort who killed Harry’s parents and many other innocent people. Harry Potter is the leading role of the whole story. He is a talented, powerful and kind boy with a strong mind. Harry Potter learns more than magic at Hogwarts. He makes new friends and learns to be brave and to do things he used to be afraid of. He also learns about the power of love. |
F. Name: The Truman Show | Brief introduction: one of the Hollywood’s famous movies. It shows us a story of a person who struggles for freedom and fight against fate bravely. The whole movie is full of philosophy. In order to convey the philosophic main idea, this movie based on a very unique setup. Through a show of a real person – his process of discovery, his attempts to escape his situation to provoke us into think. |
以下是一些人看完电影后所说出的感受，请将他们的感受和所看的电影匹配起来。
46. “I am pleased to find the movie so faithful to the book. The story is really fantastic, but after seeing the movie, I would like to learn magic to fight against the evil in the world, as brave and powerful as the boy in this movie. ”
47. “I feel this Italian movie is a very special one. It is a very beautiful, but very miserable love story. She tells us the basic story of this heartrending movie, which shows us we should never forget what happens during wars.”
48. “I find this movie interesting and shocking because it examines the consequences of genetic engineering of humans in the future. It shows the struggles of Victor, a man conceived naturally and with imperfections, to succeed in a world of genetically-designed, perfect humans.”
49. “The movie is like a prize for Brazilians because the world is recognizing their art and their artists. After watching this movie, I finally understand the reason why Fernanda Montenegro could win the Oscar. I"m proud of our artists, and I believe that Brazil can become a better country because they are full of hope.”
50. “The movie is so close to our life that I am very shocked after watching it. The troubles happening in the movie might happen in our daily life. As a result, we have been reminded to be cautious when online. ”
Ⅲ 写作 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)
你是你校校报的小记者，上周你对一位在华的外国志愿者进行了一次采访。以下是这次采访的情况：
[写作内容]
时间 | 上周末 |
对象 | 在中国农村教书的志愿者卢安克(Eckart Loewe) |
主题 | 他的志愿者之路 |
基本情况 | 1968年出生在德国汉堡(Hamburg)；1990年夏天，短短3个月的中国之旅，让他深深地爱上了广西的乡村。 |
从教过程 | （1）1999年，在广西的一个乡村成为一名志愿者教师； （2）发现中国家长重视成绩却忽视孩子的天性和兴趣。 |
教育理念 | 如果一个人只是为了别人的理念而生存，他就永远找不到自我的方向和力量。 |
[写作要求]只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
[评分标准]句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
第二节 读写任务 (共1小题,满分25分)
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Anyone who has an interest in the space race should be interested in Yuri Gagarin, as he was one of the most important explorers of outer space. He was an astronaut of the former Soviet Union who lived from 1934-1968. Gagarin was the person who completed two significant firsts. He was the first person to ever travel into outer space and to orbit the earth. The two events would pave the way not only for Armstorng, who was the first on the moon, but also for all future space exploration.
An interesting point about Yuri Gagarin is that he was much too short for a full grown Russian man, measuring only 159 cm tall when full grown. However, this physical deficiency(不足) didn’t make him lose heart. Instead, he changed the disadvantage into an advantage through his efforts. He learned to fly during high school and then went on to receive military flight training. His small size allowed him to fit more comfortably in certain planes. He began flying in the former Soviet Air force as a pilot of a MiG 15. His entry into the cosmonaut(宇航员) program was made possible because of him being able to fit in the tiny cockpit(驾驶室), and his good health.
【写作内容】
1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容；
2. 以约120个词就“外表的不足”这个话题谈谈你的看法，内容包括：
1）你或者你的同学曾经为自己的哪些外表的不足而苦恼；
2）你们曾经怎样面对这些不足；
3）你有什么建议。
【写作要求】
1. 文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
广东中山市二中2015届高三年级上学期月考１参考答案
1-15 BACCD ADBAB DABAC
16．including [介词including意为“包含，包括”。]
17．and [用and连接并列谓语动词。]
18．until [until“直到……”。Love打算坚持到最后一分钟。]
19．by [pass by是固定搭配，意为“经过，路过”。]
20．that
21．to ask [forget后接动名词意为“忘记了做过某事”，接不定式表示“忘记做某事”。根据句意此处应接不定式。]
22．When [引导时间状语从句，用when，表示“当……时候”。]
23．Realizing [主语Love与动词realize是主动关系，故用现在分词作状语。]
24．It [这里指代上文所提到的老者，故用it。]
25．valuable [副词how修饰作表语的形容词valuable。]
26-30 ADCAB 31-35 CDCAD 35-40 BDDBA 41-45 BADDC
46-50 EACBD
基础写作
Last week, I was lucky enough to interview a foreign volunteer teaching in rural China, Eckart Loewe, about his way of volunteering. Eckart Loewe, born in Hamburg, Germany in 1968, began to love the countryside of Guangxi after 3-month tour (3 months’tour)in China in the summer of 1990. Since 1999, he has been a volunteer teacher in a village there. During teaching in China, he finds that Chinese parents always pay attention to their children’s grades, but ignore their natures and interests. In his opinion, if a person lives only for others ideas, he will never find the direction and power of himself.
读写任务
The passage mainly takes Yuri Gagarin, a short man in height but a great man in travelling into outer space, as an example to show us that: with our effort, we can overcome our physical deficiency and gain success.
There is no doubt that everyone has certain deficiency in their appearance. As a famous saying goes: no one is perfect. This reminds me of some students around me. For example, some worry about their small size, some get annoyed that they are fat, while some are upset that they are not beautiful enough.
To make matter worse, faced with these deficiencies, some students are always in a bad mood or even lose heart, which has a terrible influence on their study and life.
As far as I’m concerned, what those with physical deficiencies should do are as follows. On one hand, they should hold the right attitude towards their appearance and regain their confidence. On the other hand, they should be aware of the fact that for most people it is not their physical appearance but their ability and effort that contribute to their success in work and life. From what has been discussed above, I totally agree with the passage: with our effort, we can overcome our physical deficiency and gain success.