1、高考高三英語12月月考試題05第一卷（選擇題滿分 115 分）第一部分聽力（共兩節(jié)，滿分 30 分）第一節(jié)（共 5 小題；每小題 1.5 分,滿分 7.5 分）1. How will the woman go to the hotel?A. By bus.B. By taxi.C. By pla ne2. What does the woman think of McDonald s?A. She hates the food. B. It is too expe nsive.C. It is too no isy.3. What does the woma n ask the man to

2、do?A. Eat out.B. Get her some food. C. Make a call.4. What will the weather be like as forecasted?A. It will be sunny. B. It will be rainy. C. It will be cold.5. Why does the woma n thi nk her apartme nt is beautiful?A. She can see the park.B. Her apartme nt is big and great.C. There is a park ing a

3、rea.第二節(jié)（共 15 小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 22.5 分）聽第六段材料,回答第 67 題。6. Who put the key in the kitche n?A. The man s mother.B. The woman.C. Harry.7. Where does the man n eed to go?A.To a supermarket.B.To his office.C.聽第七段材料,回答第 89 題。8. What kind of person is Sta n?A. He s always ready to help others.B. He n ever mak

4、es a special effort to help others.C. He s unwilling to do extra work.9. What will the man probably do?A. Ask the woma n more questi ons.B. Ask the woman to look for Stan.C. Give Sta n a call.聽第八段材料,回答第 1012 題。10. Where will the speakers put the ads?A. On the In ternet.B. In a magaz in e.C. On TV.11

5、. When will the ads be posted?A. From Mon day to Friday.B. On Saturdays and Sun days.C. From Friday through Mon day.12. What does the man think of the woman s idea?A.It s ridiculous.B.It s excellent.C.be improved.聽第九段材料,回答第 1316 題。13. How many meals can one have each day on Meal Pla n 1?To his home.

6、It n eeds to- 2 -14. Why does Mark want to give up Meal Pla n 1?A. He wants to cook by himself.B. He will move to ano ther school.C. He doesn t want to waste money.15. When does the con versati on take place?A. In the first week of the semester.B. In the middle of the semester.C. At the end of the s

7、emester.16. What will the woma n do?A. Give the refund to Mark.B. Ask for Mark s parents opinion.C. Give part of the money back to Mark s parents.聽第十段材料,回答第 1720 題。17. What is the weather like in the southeast of the coun try?A. Ra iny.B. Su nny.C. Dry.18. What will the highest temperature be in the

8、 north?A. 26C.B. 23C.C. 20C.19. In which part are the temperatures above average for the seas on duri ng the day?A. The north.B. The south.C. The southeast.20. What will the weather be like in the n orth tomorrow?A. Sunny.B. Rainy.C. Foggy.第二部分英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分）第一節(jié)單項填空（共 15 小題;每小題 1 分,滿分 15 分）21. M

9、any people, especially the teenagers, are stillin_habit of writing sillythings in_public places.A. the; 不填 B. the; a C.不填；不填 D. 不填；the22. As far as I m concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn,A. the more for life are you equipped B. the more equipped for life you areC. the more

10、 life you are equipped for D. you are equipped the more for life23. If the build ing project_ by the end of this month is delayed, thecon struct ion compa ny will be fin ed.A. being completedB. to be completedC. is completedD. completed24. It was dark; we decided to_ for the ni ght at a local farm h

11、ouse.A. put away B. put dow nC. put up D. put out25.“That s a beautiful table cloth.”“ Yes, but it s not_for this table.”A. n early eno ugh longB. n early so longC. n early long eno ughD. so n early long26. Apart from blue eyes, blonde hair is also_ of Swedish people.A. specific B.peculiar C.charact

12、eristic D.particular27. They will put off the outing until next week,_they won t be so busy.A. 3.B. 2.C. 1.- 3 -28. You must be look ing forward as much to his retur n as he himself is to_ you.A. see B. have see n（29. Although not a strong boy, thereA. someth ing of B. anything of30. Peter is my wif

13、e s cousinA. li nkedB. conn ected31.“ Do you regret pay ing 500 dollars for that work of art?”“ No, I_ twice as much for it.”A. had gladly paidB. will gladly payC. will have gladly paidD. would have gladly paid32.So far no life has bee n found on Mars, but some experts still think that theresome for

14、m of lifea long time ago.A. might be B. may have bee nC. should have bee n D. couldbe33. A perfect idea occurred to me_ we can give a hand-made gift to our teacherfor Teachers Day.A. that B. whichC. whether D. if34. Several hours later, with the aid of the police, the tourists man aged to escapefrom

15、 the dan gerous place,_.A. hungry and frighte nedB. hun grily and frighte ningC. hungry and frighte ningD. hun grily and frighte ned35. En glish is a Ian guage that many people around the world_ not speakperfectly but_ at least un dersta nd.A. may; can B. would; might C. will; must D. could;might第二節(jié)

16、完形填空（共 20 小題；每小題 1.5 分,滿分 30 分）One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge feather. Several times, it36_several obstacles in its path. And after a mome ntary pause it wouldmake the necessary detour （繞道）.37_ one point, the ant had to cross a crack about10 mmwide. After some 3

17、8 thoughts, the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked 39_it and picked thefeather up on the other side, the n continued on its way. I was 40_by the clever ness of this an t. It wasonly a small in sect, lack ing in41 yetequipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome.42 this ant

18、, likethe other two-legged creatures43 on the earth, also shares human failings.After some time the ant44 reached its dest in ati on a flower bed and a smallhole that was the entrance to its 45 home. It was there that the ant met its 46.Howcould that large feather possibly 47 such a small hole? Of c

19、ourse, it couldn t. So the ant, after allthis48 a nd using great bright ness, overco ming problems allalong the way, just gave up the 49 a nd went home. The ant had not thought the problem through 50 itbega n its jour ney and in the end the feather was51 more tha n aA. asB. sinceC. whenD. whileC. se

20、e ing D. havi ng see nwas_ the coward about Tom.C. much of D. nothing ofs son, so we are distantly_C. un ited D. related- 4 -burden. Isn t our 52 like that?We worry about our families; we worry about the53 of mon ey; and we worry about- 5 -all kinds of things. These are all burdens the things we pic

21、ked up along life spath, and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring,only to 54 that at the desti nati on theyare36. A. brought aboutD. dealt with37. A. AtB. ForD. With38. A. braveB. tiringshort39. A. acrossD. beh ind40. A. frighte nedD. satisfied41. A. sizeD. le ngth

22、42. A. ThereforeD. Otherwise43. A. worki ngD. walki ng44. A. probablyD. fin ally45. A. un dergro undD. big46. A. part nerD. frie nd47. A. fitD. fill48. A. decisi onD. matter49. A. i nsectD. feather50. A. afterD. once51. A. noth ingD. everyth ing52. A. studyD. life53. A. wasteD.danger54. A. thi nkD.

23、warn55. A. badB. practicalmeanin gful第三部分閱讀理解（共 20 小題；每小題 2 分,滿分 40 分）B. got overC.cameacrossC. ToC. magicD.B. throughC.besideB. attractedC.annoyedB. heightC.depthB. ButC.MoreoverB. sleep ingC.livi ngB. sudde nlyC.easilyB. lo nelyC.comfortableB. matchC.pare ntB. fixC.suitB. pleasureC.troubleB. probl

24、emC.holeB. un tilC.beforeB. anythingC. someth ingB. aimC. dreamB. lackC.worthB. findC. won derC. uselessD.- 6 -The appeal of advertising to buying motives can have both negative and positive effects. Consumers may be convinced io buy aproduct of poor quality or high price because of an advertjsemeni

25、 For cample, some advertisers have appealed to peoples desire forbetter fueleconomy fortheir cars by advertising automotive products that impravE gasoline mileage（里程） .Some of the productswork. Others are worthless and a waste of consumers money.Sometimes advertising is intentionally misleading A fe

26、w years ago a brand of bread was offered to dieters with the message thatthere were fewer calories in every slice, It turned aut that the bread was not dietetic, but just regular bread. There were fewer caloriesbecause it was sliced very thin, but there ware the same number of calories in every loaf

27、On the positive side, emotional appeals may respond to a consumer s real concerns.Con sider fire in sura nee. Fire in sura nee may be sold by appeali ng to fear or loss.But fear of loss is the real reas on for fire in sura nee. The security of knowing that property （財產(chǎn)）is protected by in sura nee ma

28、kes the purchase of fire in sura nee aworthwhile in vestme nt for most people. If con sumers con sider the quality of the in sura nee pla ns aswell as the message in the ads, they willben efit from theadvertis ing.Each con sumer must evaluate her or his own situati on. Are the ben efits of theproduc

29、t importa nt eno ugh to justify buying it? Advertis ing is inten ded to appeal to con sumers, but itdoes not force them to buy the product. Con sumers still con trol the final buying decisi on.56. Advertis ing can persuade the con sumer to buy worthless products by_.A. stress ing their high qualityB

30、. convincing him of their low priceC. maintaining a balanee between quality and priceD. appeali ng to his buying motives57. The reas on why the bread advertiseme nt was misleadi ng is that_ .A. thin slices of bread could contain more caloriesB. the loaf was cut into regular slicesC. the bread was no

31、t genuine breadD. the total nu mber of calories in the loaf rema ined the same58. The passage tells us that_ .A. sometimes advertiseme nts really sell what the con sumer n eedsB. advertiseme nts occasi on allyforce con sumers into buying things they don t n eedC. the buying motives of con sumers are

32、 con trolled by advertiseme ntsD. fire in sura nee is seldom a worthwhile in vestme nt59. It can be in ferred from the passage that a smart con sumer should_ .A. think carefully about the ben efits described in the advertiseme ntsB. guard aga inst the deceivi ng n ature of advertiseme ntsC. be famil

33、iar with various advertis ing strategiesD. avoid buying products that have strong emoti onal appeals60. The passage is mainly about_.A. how to make a wise buying decisi onB. ways to protect the in terests of the con sumerC. the positive and n egative aspects of advertis ingD. the fun ctio n of adver

34、tiseme nts in promot ing salesBToday, the world is rapidly urbanizing. With half of the world population expected to live in cities by theearly part of the 21 century, the Shanghai 2010 World Expo s focus on a better city bears profo und- 7 -meaning.What might future cities look like 28 years from n

35、ow? Here are some sce narios: things to come, thingsto go.Zero wasteWaste disposal is one of the biggest headaches for cities. Apart from recyclable waste, everyth ingis buried or incin erated（焚燒），only to pollute the en vir onment.Plastic waste rema ins un dergro und for several decades. The world p

36、roduces much more garbage tha nit can dispose of.Now at the Expo, all waste is delivered to a compressi on stati on where the wasteis sorted, filtered,dec on tam in ated, deodorized and compressed before fin allybeingdisposed of at desig nated spots. In Beijing, people livi ng in the Asuwei area tur

37、n their household wasteinto organic fertilizers which are used to grow plants at reside nee com mun ities.No more tran sportati on problems duri ng Spring FestivalThe Spring Festival, the most importa ntChin ese holiday whe n every one returns home,has caused headaches for millio ns of Chin ese. Mor

38、e tha n 2 billi on people travel at the same time,making obtaining travel tickets and the journey difficult.But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to have more tha n120,000 kilometers of railway and a rapid tran sportati on n etwork that will serve 90 perce

39、nt of thepopulati on by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places tofind a job, so migration will no Ion ger be so large-scale.Newspapers to disappearAmerican scholar Philip Meyer predicts that newspaper will come to an end in 2043. Utagawa Reizou,for

40、mer editor-in-chiefof The Mainichi Daily News, believes that then ewspaper will be gone in 2030.This kind of predict ion may worry those in print n ews bus in ess. In the U . K.,the circulationsof nationalnewspapers are declining.Major Japanese newspapers havegone into debt. In the U. S. ,decli ning

41、 circulati ons and ad revenues have forced several newspapers tostop printing paper editions.Media tyco on Rupert Murdoch thinks the future of media relies on in teracti on through the Intern et. I nthe future, digital n ewspapers will be sent to portal web terminalsthroughwirelessly. Readers can di

42、scuss issues with journalistsand editors.In formatio n will move faster.Oil to run outIn August 2009, Fatih Birol, chief econo mist of the Intern ati onal En ergy Age ncy, said that oil isrunning out faster than expected and that the world will likely feel the tightness in supply in the next fiveyea

43、rs.Scientists have found substitutes for oil as fuel. Coal, natural gas, soar power, n uelear power and evenwater can replace oil as sources of en ergy. Flammable ice- 8 -reserves alone can support humans for the next 1,000 years.61. By now, the world population in cities has grow to about _ .A. 6.9

44、 billionB. 0.75 billionC. 3.5 billion D. 1.3billion62. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A.Everything buried or incinerated, besides recyclable waste, pollutes the environment.B. People deal with their household waste in an environmentally-friendly way inthe Asuwei area, Beijing.C. More than

45、 2 billion people suffer from headaches during the Spring Festival in China.D. By 2020, 90 percent of the population will have to go to other places to find a job.63. According to the American predictor Philip Meyer, what will happen in 2043?A. Newspaper will disappear.B. Japan has to stop printing

46、newspapers.C. Digital newspaper will be sent to portal web terminals.D. Information will move faster.64._ can replace oil as sources of energy in the future.A. Coal and natural gasB. Solar power and nuclear powerC. Water and flammable ice reserves D. All the above65. Which of the following can be be

47、st title for the passage?A. The Shanghai 2010 World ExpoB. What will city life be like in 28 yearsC. A rapid urbanizing worldD. Things to come, things to goCNearly everyone agrees that money doesn t buy as much as it used to, no matterwhere you want to spend it. This is certainly true of the paper m

48、oney that passes so quickly through ones hands. Inflation（通貨膨脹）eats away at its buying power just as the steady appetite of waves chewsat sand cliffs. But what about coins that seem to do little except clutter up purses and pockets? Unlikenotes, metal money becomes more valuable the longer it is hel

49、d. Especially if it is put away where it wont get scratched or worn. Whyis this? Onereason is that coins, being more durable, fall more readily into acategory for collectors. Naturally, the rarer gold pieces must become more valuable as the price of thismetal goes up.But, curiously, one of the rares

50、t coins in the world is not made of gold, but of the relatively cheaper silver.In 1840, the United States mint struck 19,570 silver dollars. That is what its records show. Today only sixof this original number remain and these are unlikely ever to reach the auction market. So what happenedto some 19

51、,564 large silver coins, not the easiest sort of things to lose? One of the more romantic theoriesis that they were part of the payment to Napoleon for the American territory then known as Louisiana. Butthey never reached France. Somewhere in theGulf of Mexico, the ship transporting them was sunk, e

52、ither by a storm or by pirates. The probable an swerto the mystery is that theywere melted dow n si nee the silvervalue was greater than the actual value of the coins. What is known is that whoever can come up with onewill find himself instantly rich.66. It can be in ferred from the passage that_.-

53、9 -A. money buys as much as it did beforeB. money does not buy as much as it did beforeC. paper money buys more tha n metal moneyD. metal money buys more tha n paper money67. Which of the follow ing is true of a coin?A. The Ion ger it is held, the less valuable it becomes.B. The more it wears out, t

54、he more valuable it becomes.C. The less it gets scratched, the less it values.D. The Ion ger it lasts, the more it values.68. Accord ing to this passage, one of the rarest coins in the world is made ofA. silver B. goldC. copper D. paper69. Coins become more valuable because_ .A. they clutter up purs

55、es and pocketsB. the price of metal goes upC. they fall more readily into a category for collectors due to their durati onD. both B and C70. What really happe ned to some 19, 564 large silver coins?A. They were melted dow n.B. They were sunk in the Gulf of Mexico.C. It s still a mystery.D. They were

56、 stole n by pirates.DPreside nt Coolidge s stateme nt, “ The bus in ess of America is bus in ess.” stillpoints to an importa nt truth today that bus in ess in stituti ons have more prestige（威望） in American society than any other kind of organization, including thegover nment. Why do bus in ess in st

57、ituti ons possess this great prestige?One reas on is that America ns view bus in ess as being more firmly based on the ideal of competiti ontha n other in stituti ons in society. Since competiti on is see n as the major source of progress andprosperity by most America ns, competitive bus in ess inst

58、itutions are respected. Competition is not onlygood in itself, it is the means by which other basic America n values such as in dividual freedom, equalityof opport un ity, and hard work are respected.Competiti on protects the freedom of the in dividual by en suri ng that there is no mon opoly （壟斷） o

59、fpower. In con trast to one, all powerful gover nment, man ybus in esses compete aga inst each other forprofits. Theoretically, if one bus in ess which tries to take un fair adva ntage of its customers, it will lose tocompet ing bus in ess which treats its customers more fairly. Where many bus in es

60、ses compete for thecustomersdollar, they cannot afford to treat them like inferiors or slaves.A contrast is often made between business, which is competitive, and government, which is a monopoly.Because business is competitive, many Americans believe that it is more supportive of freedom thangovernm