宁夏中卫市第一中学2016届高三上学期第五次月考（期末）英语试题

命题人： 审卷人： 期望值：80分

第I卷（选择题共100分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 1. What else does Alice need to buy?

A. Oranges and cakes. B. Vegetables and drinks. C. Sweets and apples. 2. What time is it now?

A. 8:95 a.m. B. 8:15 a.m. C. 8:25 a.m. 3. What’s the woman going to do?

A. See her doctor. B. Visit her uncle. C. Go to the book store.

4. What can we learn about the man? A. It’s an easy year for him. B. He thinks English is difficult. C. He doesn’t work hard.

5. How will the woman go to the airport?

A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By underground 第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听第6段材料，回答第6和7题。

6. What does Matt Owen try to do on the telephone? A. Have his reservation canceled. B. Inform the woman of his schedule. C. Plan a new trip.

7. What do we know about Matt Owen? A. He has changed his phone number. B. He is too busy to keep to his plan. C. He will start his plan next Monday.

听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What do we know about the woman’s latest journey? A. She thinks it was great. B. She traveled with her family. C. It was opposite to her expectation.

9. Which was thought highly of by the woman on her journey?

A. American visitors. B. The amazing food. C. The people she met. 10. What does the man want to do next time? A. Buy this daughter a gift. B. Go traveling himself. C. Feed the dog at home. 听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Which of the following is TRUE about the restaurant?

A. It was newly opened. B. It had a pleasant smell. C. It hardly attracted diners.

12. What do we know about Emma’s meal at the restaurant? A. She was too busy to enjoy it. B. She ordered some meat. C. The service was expensive.

13. What do the two speakers decide to do at last? A. Never return to the restaurant.

B. Ask the restaurant to replace the waiters.

C. Wait for a few months before eating in the restaurant again. 听下面一段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What does the man usually drive?

A. A motorcycle. B. An automobile. C. A car for the disabled. 15. What do we know about the man? A. He is going to park in the evening. B. He has received a special permit. C. He will park day and night.

16. How can the man find out the time limits? A. By consulting the woman. B. By reading the street sings.

C. By reading the colors on the roadside. 17. What color means loading and unloading?

A. Red B. Blue C. White. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至20题。

18. What can we learn about the boy when he came to the farm? A. He was a bit lazy in fact. B. He was lame in one leg. C. His parents passed away. 19. Why did the boy come to the farm? A. Because he wanted to beg food. B. Because he wanted to get a job.

C. Because he fell in love with the farmer’s daughter. 20. What happened when the boy grew up? A. He owned the farm. B. His health began to worsen.

C. He became the richest man of the US. 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）

A

You can't always predict a heavy rain or remember your umbrella. But designer Mikhail Belyaev doesn't think that forgetting to check the weather forecast before heading out should result in you getting wet. That's why he created Lampbrella, a lamp post with its own rain－sensing umbrella.

The designer says he came up with the idea after watching people get wet on streets in Russia. “Once, I was driving on a central Saint Petersburg street and saw the street lamps lighting up people trying to hide from the rain. I thought it would be appropriate to have a canopy(伞篷)built into a street lamp，” he said.

The Lampbrella is a standard－looking street lamp fitted with an umbrella canopy. It has a built－in electric motor which can open or close the umbrella on demand. Sensors(传感器)then ensure that the umbrella offers pedestrians shelter whenever it starts raining.

In addition to the rain sensor, there's also a 360° motion sensor on the fiberglass street lamp which detects whether anyone is using the Lampbrella. After three minutes of not being used the canopy is closed.

According to the designer, the Lampbrella would move at a relatively low speed, so as not to cause harm to the pedestrians. Besides, it would be grounded to protect from possible lightning strike. Each Lampbrella would offer enough shelter for several people. Being installed(安装) at 2 meters off the ground, it would only be a danger for the tallest of pedestrians.

While there are no plans to take the Lampbrella into production, Belyaev says he recently introduced his creation to one Moscow Department, and insists his creation could be installed on any street where a lot of people walk but there are no canopies to provide shelter.

21. For what purpose did Belyaev create the Lampbrella? A. To predict a heavy rain. B. To check the weather forecast. C. To protect people from the rain. D. To remind people to take an umbrella.

22. What do we know from Belyaev's words in Paragraph 2? A. His creation was inspired by an experience. B. It rains a lot in the city of Saint Petersburg. C. Street lamps are protected by canopies. D. He enjoyed taking walks in the rain.

23. Which of the following shows how the Lampbrella works? A. motor→ canopy→ sensors B. sensors→ motor→ canopy C. motor→ sensors→ canopy D. canopy→ motor→ sensors 24. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. The designer will open a company to promote his product. B. The Lampbrella could be put into immediate production. C. The designer is confident that his creation is practical. D. The Lampbrella would be put on show in Moscow.

B

Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn't covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked!

Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldn't have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!

Having stopped laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn't sure what to do. After all, it's just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. That's when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying.

Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mate's sake , even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mate's safety seemed admirable. I couldn't do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed.

Since then, I've used that butterfly’s courage as an inspiration and to remind

myself that good things are worth fighting for.

25.The writer changed his direction while walking down a path because he want__________.

A. To get close to a butterfly. B. To escape a sudden attack. C. To look over the bad situation. D. To avoid getting his shoes dirty.

26. What made the man feel funny?

A. Making the attacker pause. B. Being stepped on by his mate. C. Being attacked by a butterfly. D. Discovering the angry butterfly.

27.Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?

A. careless B. amusing C. aggressive D. courageous 28. From this experience the man learned_____.

A. how he should deal with attacks B. how to deal with challenges in his life C. people should protect butterflies D. people should show sympathy to the weak

C

Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal (信号). Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.

Different cultures emphasize (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in \

any job. In many European countries -- like the UK or France -- people

find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or caf6s rather than at the office.

Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.

Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.

People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes

these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand

them better, a multicultural environment (多元文化环境) will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.

29. The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that _________ A. the English prefer to make long speeches B. too many words are of no use

C. people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature D. even talk and silence can be culturally different

30. According to the text, how can people from different cultures understand each other better?

A. By sharing different ways of life. B. By accepting different habits. C. By recognizing different values. D. By speaking each other' s languages.

31. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Multicultural Environment. B. Cross-Cultural Differences. C. How to Understand Each Other. D. How to Build Up a Relationship.

D

Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.

The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.

Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue , encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.

But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But is also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.

There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material We are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.

32. What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to?

A. Using too much packaging. B. Recycling too many wastes.

C. Making more products than necessary. D. Having more material than is needed.

33. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______.

A. the tendency of cutting household waste B. the increase of packaging recycling C. the rapid growth of super markets D. the fact of packaging overuse 34. According to the text, recycling ______.

A. helps control the greenhouse effect B. means burning packaging for energy C. is the solution to gas shortage D. leads to a waste of land

35. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult. B. Needless material is mostly recycled. C. People like collecting recyclable waste. D. The author is proud of their consumer culture. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans. 36 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today, Strauss’ invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.

Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. 37. He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847. Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother’s dry goods business. This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1849, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortune.

Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners. At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth. 38. When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners. These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more. In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉). This made the pants last a long time. Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. 39. By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion. 40. The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.

A．As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States. B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable.

C．He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since. D．However, he did not get much business for those products. E. He also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry.

F. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture.

G. As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Maybe the man, 48 thinking about the whole 49 and the happy consequences of his act, will eventually be 50 to the one who pushed him into the river. In life it is fairly 51 for disadvantages to turn into advantages and misfortunes into

fortunes! But many of us are 52 to realize the true 53 of our “rivals”(竞争者) to success. Generally speaking, many people would see the one who “pushes him into the river” as an opponent. However, the one who “pushes him into the river” gives you a feeling of urgency and stimulates your ambition and 54 to strive for success! You try your best to 55 your difficulties and progress to the next stage in life!

If a man does not have rivals, he 56 be satisfied with the present and will not strive to improve his 57 . He would 58 in the face of difficulties and sink into laziness. Therefore, you rivals are not your opponents. Instead, they are good 59 ! In our lives, we need some rivals to “pushes him into the river,” leading us to strive ahead in difficulties and competitions. Thank to our rivals, we can show our 60 to its best. Thanks to our rivals, we are able to make continuous progress while competing with them!

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中卫一中2015—2016学年度第一学期第五次月考高三英语

第II卷

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For 61 ,it’s a useful way to release their pressure. And all these make it more and more popular with high school students. 62 many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing one’s micro blog will take a lot of time and energy, 63 should be used to study.

In my view, I am greatly in favor 64 this activity. Today the Internet is playing 65 important and essential role in our life. Therefore as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this 66 (value) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What’s more, opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities

such 67 writing, designing, being skillful at computer and so on. Only

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if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result, we improve ourselves while 68 (organize) our micro blogs.

In fact, micro blog 69 (oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it 70 matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.

61.___________62.___________63.____________64.____________65.___________ 66.___________67.___________68.____________69.____________70.___________ 第四部分 写作（共三节，满分46分）

第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

As is known to all that our students of today have to fix our attention on our lessons, so we know little of society. A holiday is the best time and the best chance to make up for that. Take a part-time job is a good form of social practice. That we have learned in books and in class can’t have the same important effect us as what we have learned through personal practice. In social practice, we can surely make a progress in both knowledge or practical ability. Beside, when we take a part-time job, we may got paid more or less to help our family. Thus, I will say senior school students should take part-time jobs in their holidays, if possibly. 第二节 书面表达（25分）

随着我国经济的快速发展，私家车的拥有量直线上升。停车位紧张已经是困扰城市交通的一大难题，许多人把汽车停在人行道上，给过往行人带来了诸多不便。请根据以下要点，写一篇100词左右的短文描述这一社会现象，并谈谈自己对此事的看法。 要点：

1．私家车增多的原因； 2。这一现象造成的影响到；3。你的看法。 参考词汇：人行道：pavement 行人：pedestrian

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