重庆市垫江中学
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2023年2月15日发(作者：)1
2014年秋期垫江中学高2015级月考(3)英语试题
第I卷（三部分，共115分）
一、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）
听下面5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，并标在试题卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小
题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
sthewomanfeelabouttheoldcartoon?
’reexciting.
’reherfavorite.
’reonlyforveryyoungchildren.
ethespeakerstalkingabout?
ngafire.
llthesecondbusprobablyleave?
10:10:10:30.
llthespeakersprobablymeetnexttime?
day.
thewomanworried?
camebacklate.
sonsdidn’tgowell.
ancouldn’tunderstandthelessons.
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2-4个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三
个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试题卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读
各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
esthemanhavetowrite?
bouttheMiddleEast.
aperaboutphilosophy.
aboutthehistoryofreligions.
ypagesdoesthemanhavetowrite?
90.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
yminutesareleftbeforethespeakersarriveathehotel?
A.30.B.60.C.90.
nthemando?
mewater.
esthemanthinkofthewoman’shouse?
sit.
ksitistoosmall.
satisfiedwithit.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
thewomancomplainingabout?
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beingtooloud.
takingpictureswithiPads.
beroftouristsatthebeach.
esthemansayaboutiPhones?
vegreatcameras.
akebettervideosthantheydo.
ouldbeusedtomakeHollywoodmovies.
esthemansuggestthewomando?
asureatthebeach.
etouriststostop.
fherphones.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
mpanydoesthemanworkfor?
ok.
sthemanwanttoquithisjob?
stoopenhisownrestaurant.
n’tmakeenoughmoney.
stowriteaboutfood.
ldthemanmakemoneyafterhequits?
dsellhisbooksonhiswebsite.
ieswouldpayhimforhisexperiences.
dworkfordifferentrestaurants.
ghtthemanquithisjob?
ar.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
wrongwithTaylorSwift?
anewband.
llTaylorSwift’sJulyshowsbeheld?
mber.
oncertwascanceledlastweekend?
inFlorida.
二、英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）
请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答案题卡上将
该选项的标号涂黑。
ersintendtobuyahousebut______mustbewithintheirpower.
22.—Puttingonahappyfacenotonlyhelpsusmakefriendsbutalsomakesusfeelbetter.
—______
A.I’dloveto.B.I’mwithyouonthat.
’’smypleasure.
enappearsasayounggirlonstagealthoughshe______beatleast55yearsold.
______lies.
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ling
25.______thesightwasimpressiveonthetopofthemountain,Imadeanefforttoclimbontoit.
26.—Mum,whycan’tIhave______newmobilephone?Thisoneisbroken.
—Dear,youknow,______moneydoesn’tgrowontrees.
;theB.a;/C.a;theD./;the
countries,friendskiss______bothcheekswhentheysaygoodbye.
28.—Whereisyourreportofthismonth？
—Ohsorry.I______toemailtoyou.
getting
likeanonion,______sometimesmakesyouweepwhenyoutryto
openit.
dwentsoblankthatlittle______downforthefirsttenminutesin
thetest.
write
（埃博拉）issaid______anotherbighealthchallengetoourhumansoverthepast
severalmonths.
become
32.______ourstudentsneedintheprocessoftheirpreparationsforNMETistime,healthand
perseverance，theteachersstress.
r
33.—Ididn’twatchtheprogram―Wherearewegoing,Dad?‖yesterday.
—I______,either,ifmyfatherhadn’tremindedme.
’’’’t
goonTuesdayorFriday,______youprefer.
r
35.—Didyousee―RunningMan‖?
—______.Smartman(潮人)，youknow.
?’her?
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，
选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
A
AbouttenyearsagowhenIwasanundergraduateincollege,Iwasworkingasanintern（实
习生）atmyUniversity’whileworkingatthecashregister
inthegiftshop,Isawanoldcouplecomeinwithalittlegirl36awheelchair.
AsIlookedcloseratthisgirl,38
shehadnoarmsorlegs,justahead,wearingalittlewhitedress
dmy
headtowardthegirlandgaveherawink（眨眼）.AsItookthemoneyfromhergrandparents,I
lookedbackatthegirl,whowasgivingmethecutest,largestsmileIhave41seen.
Allofasuddenher42wasgoneandallIsawwasthisbeautifulgirl,whosesmilejust
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4k
mefromapoor,unhappycollegestudentandbroughtmeintoherworld:aworldof45,love
and46.
Thatwastenyearsago.I’masuccessfulbusinesspersonnowand47Igetdownand
thinkaboutthetroublesoftheworld,Ithinkaboutthatlittlegirlandtheremarkable（非凡的）
lessonaboutlifethatshe48me.
tood
ched
ess
ened
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erence
ver
B
Imanageasmallbranchofalargesupermarket,andwelosealotofmoneythrough
otryto49it,orI’shopliftingisdoneby
enot50,sowehavetomakeitdifficultfor
them.
Obviouslyasupermarketcan’thave51oralarmsonthegoods,sowehavesome
detectives,whowalkaroundlike52shoppers,
bigsignsup,saying―shopliftingwillbe53‖,butdoesn’’vestartedputting
cashuse
closed-circuittelevisions,butthat’,allgoodmethodsofpreventingarequite
expensive,and,55,astobedone,otherwiseshoplifting
itselfwillmakeallthepricesmuchhigher,andthepublicdoesn’twantit.
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ry
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ately
三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
请阅读下列短文，从每题把给的四个选项（ABC和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题
卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
A
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MELBOURNE,Australia–Akangaroofrightenedbyamanwalkinghisdogattackedthe
pair,throwi
Australian,ChrisRickard,wasinstableconditionMondayaftertheattack,whichendedwhenthe
49-year-oldstruckthekangaroointhethroat.
Rickardsaidhewaswalkinghisbluedog,Rocky,onSundaymorningwhentheysurpriseda
sleepingkangarooinArthur\'chasedtheanimalintoa
pond,whenthekangarooturnedandknockedthepetunderwater.
WhenRickardtriedtopullhisdogfree,thekangarooturnedonhim,attackingwithitsback
legsandtearingadeepcutintohisstomachandacrosshisface.
\"IthoughtImighttakeactiontodragthedogoutfromunderhisgrasp,butIdidn\'texpect
himtoactuallyattackme,\"Rickard,49,toldTheHeraldSunnewspaper.\"Itwasashockatthe
startbecauseitwasakangaroo,n\'toftengoaroundkillingpeople.\"
\"IwasstuckhavingtoholdontothedogwithbothhandsbecauseitwashalfdrownedandI
couldn\'treallyseeanythingbecausethekangaroojustattackedme.‖
Headded,\"AllIcoulddowasjustkeeppushingforthebankandhewastryingtopushme
underthewater,soatthatpointIstruckhiminthethroatandthatmadehimbackoffalittlebit.
\"Idon\'tthinkI\'lleverbeabletowatchkangarooprogramsquitethesameasIusedto—it
mightbringbackacoupleofbadmemories.‖
Rickardsaidheendedtheattackbyhittingthekangaroointhethroat,addingRockywas
\"half-drowned\"whenhepulledhimfromthewater.
dandhispetdogwereattackedwhen______.
alkinghisdog
nghisdogoutfromwater
ralia,kangaroos______.
yseeninzoos
ntlyattackpeopleandpets
ngratherpeacefullywithpeople
oundswimminginponds
garooattackedthemanandhisdogprobablybecause______.
chasedit
edtodrownthedog
ultoftheattack,______.
wasdrowneddead
garoowaskilled
oosshouldbeunderstricterprotection
dwasleftadeepimpression
B
Onemorningafewyearsago,sbusy
man,itwasasortofalarm:afteryearsofnon-stophardwork,hemightwearhimselfoutanddie
anearlydeath.
Onlyafteraweek\'sleave-duringwhichhereadnovels,listenedtomusicandwalkedwithhis
wifeonabeach-wasRudenstineabletoreturntowork.
Inourmodernlife,gly,withinthis
worldthereisauniversalbutsillysaying:\"Iamsobusy.\"Wesaythistooneanotherasifour
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tirelesseffierwe
are,themoreimportantweseemtoourselvesand,weimagine,availabletoour
friendsandfamily,andtobeunabletofindtimetorelax—thishasbecomethemodelofa
successfullife.
Becausewedonotrest,theguidetellinguswheretogo,thefood
providinguswithstrengthandthequietgivinguswisdom.
Howhaveweallowedthistohappen?Ibelieveitisthis:wehaveforgottentheSabbath,the
aywhenwearenot
supposedtowork,atimewhenwedevoteourselvestoenjoyingandcelebratingwhatisbeautiful.
Itisagoodtimetoblessourchildrenandlovedones,givethanks,sharemeals,
isatimeforustotakearest,toputourworkaside,trustingthattherearelargerforcesatwork
takingcareoftheworld.
Restisaspiritualandbiologicalneed;however,inourstrongambitiontobesuccessfuland
careforourmanyresponsibilities,
,\"RemembertheSabbath\"ismorethansimply
permissiontorest;itisaruletoobeyandaprincipletofollow.
\"alarm\"inthefirstparagraphrefersto\"______\".
ngofdanger
dofdisease
ingtoParagraph3,asuccessfulpersonisonewhoisbelievedto______.
toworkwithoutstress
talentedthanotherpeople
importantthananyoneelse
workingwithouttimetorest
oplefeelguiltywhentakingtimetorestbecausethey______.
hattakingarestmeanslackingambitions
realizethatrestisanessentialpartoflife
realizethatreligionsforcethemtorest
hattakingarestmeansbeinglazy
esthewriterwanttotellusthroughthispassage?
ldbalanceworkwithrest.
bathgivesuspermissiontorest.
llyforanyonetosay\"Iambusy.\"
ldbeavailabletoourfamilyandfriends.
C
She’?galoneinthedark?’re
’sfearlessbecauseshe
happenstobemissingpartofherbrain:theamygdala(扁桃腺).
Shapedlikeapairofalmonds(杏仁)sittinginthemiddleofyourbrain,theamygdalahelps
onditioncalledUrbach-WiethediseaseleftSMwithouther
amygdala,andseemstohavecompletelyerasedhersenseoffear.
Totrytounderstandhowtheamygdalaworks,ateamofresearchersmadetheireffortsto
owedherhorrormoviesandtookhertotheWaverlyHillsSanatoriumHaunted
shedidn’tlike
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snakes,butatapetstorefullofpoisonouscreatures,kedto
rateherfeelings,SMreportedfeelingsurprisedordisgusted,butneverfearful.
―Shetendstoapproacheverythingsheshouldbeavoiding,‖saysJustinFeinsteinofthe
anstheamygdalacouldcontroldeeperurgestoapproachoravoid
cientistshaveadifferentopinion,though.―Idon’tbelieveyoucanmakeageneral
statementaboutwhattheamygdaladoesbyasinglecasestudy,‖2002,
Phelpspublishedastudyonasimilarpatientwithamygdaladamagewhostillshowedfear.
Itmaysoundlikefuntobetotallyfearless,butwegetscaredforagoodreason.―Thenature
offearissurvivalandtheamygdalahelpsusstayalivebyavoidingsituations,people,orobjects
thatputourlifeindanger,‖ncefollowedinaparkafterdarkbyaman
withaknife,andshesimplywalkedaway.―Itisquiteremarkablethatsheisstillalive,‖said
Feinstein.
stowalkaloneinthedarkmainlybecause______.
experiencedsuchconditionsalot
nosenseoffear
cherstriedtheirbesttofrightenSMinordertofind______.
ctionofaparticularorgan
’sreactionoffearandanxiety
cessofremovingamygdala
alwaytogetalongwithmonsters
ElizabethPhelps’attitudetowardthefunctionoftheamygdalabasedontheresearch
onSM?
sted
nweinferfromthelastparagraph?
canremovetheiramygdalatobefearless.
beadmiredbecauseofherbravery.
ansurviveiftheiramygdalaisremoved.
seoffeariscrucialtohumans.
D
China’snewterm,tuhao,maybeinnextyear’dcaught
theattentionofthedictionary\'seditingteamafterBBC’srecentprogramoninfluentialChinese
words.―Ifitsinfluencecontinues,itisverylikelytoappearonourupdatedlistofwords,‖said
JulieKleeman,projectmanagerwiththeeditingteam.
InChinesetumeansuncouth(笨拙的)raditionallybeenreferred
torichpeoplewhothrowtheirweightaroundinChina’dbecamemore
popularinSeptemberwiththelaunchofApple’snewgold-colorediPhone,whichislovedby
China’orbecameknownas―tuhaogold.‖Thewordisnowalsousedbythe
onlinen
alsomentionedtwootherChinesewords—damaandhukou—whichmayalsomakeitintothe
dictionary.
Peoplecanhaveanintuitive(直观的)graspofthemeaningsiftheyseepinyin,Kleemansaid,
addingthatpeopleavoidusinganEnglishwordtokeeptheoriginalmeaning.
―Wehavenearly120Chinese-linkedwordsnowinOxfordEnglishDictionary,‖shesaid.
Someofthemare:Guanxi,whichmeans―connection‖;Taikonaut,amixoftaikong,meaning
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outerspace,andastronaut.
Thenewwordswillbefirstuploadedontheofficialwebsitebeforethedictionariesarrive.
Theonlineversionisalsorenewedeverythreemonths.―to
take10yearstoincludeanewwordbutnowwekeepthepacewiththetime,‖accordingtoa
statementfromex-chief-editorJohnSimpson.
fthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothetext?
dhukouhavemadeitintoOxfordEnglishdictionary.
fluentialChinesewordsappearedononeofBBC’srecentprograms.
eferstopeoplewhohaveboththecashandtheclass.
mpsonthinksthatitisnotgoodtobreakoldrules.
estheunderlinedpartinparagraph2mean?
dytohelpothers.
eight.
ecomesmorepopularinSeptemberpartlybecause______.
rylikelytoappearinOxfordEnglishDictionary
tenusedbytheonlinecommunity
useChinesepinyintokeeptheoriginalmeaning
aunchedanewgold-colorediPhone
nideaofthetextisthat______.
ayendupinOxfordEnglishDictionary
mespinyinmakesChinesewordsbetterunderstood
asanewmeaningatthepresenttime
EnglishDictionaryIncludesnewwordsfasterthanbefore
E
AGermanstudysuggeststhatpeoplewhoweretoooptimisticabouttheirfutureactually
facedgreaterriskofdisabilityordeathwithin10yearsthanthosepessimists(悲观者)who
expectedtheirfuturetobeworse.
Thepaper,publishedthisMarchinPsychologyandAging,examinedhealthandwelfare
surveysfromroughly40,veyswereconducted
everyyearfrom1993to2003.
Surveyrespondents(受访者)wereaskedtoestimatetheirpresentandfuturelifesatisfaction
onascaleof0to10,amongotherquestions.
Theresearchersfoundthatyoungadults(age18to39)routinelyoverestimatedtheirfuture
lifesatisfaction,whilemiddle-agedadults(age40to64)moreaccuratelypredictedhowthey
of65andolder,however,werefarmorelikelytounderestimate
ydidtheyfeelmoresatisfiedthantheythoughttheywould,
theolderpessimistsseemedtosufferalowerratio(比率)ofdisabilityanddeathforthestudy
period.
―Weobservedthatbeingtoooptimisticinpredictingabetterfuturethanactuallyobserved
wasassociatedwithagreaterriskofdisabilityandagreaterriskofdeathwithinthefollowing
decade,‖,aprofessorattheUniversityofErlangen-Nuremberg.
Langandhiscolleaguesbelievedthatpeoplewhowerepessimisticabouttheirfuturemaybe
morecarefulabouttheiractionsthanpeoplewhoexpectedarosyfuture.
―Seeingadarkfuturemayencouragepositiveevaluationsoftheactualselfandmay
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contributetotakingimprovedprecautions(预防措施),‖theauthorswrote.
Surprisingly,comparedwiththoseinpoorhealthorwhohadlowincomes,respondentswho
enjo,the
researcherssaidthathigherincomewasrelatedtoagreaterriskofdisability.
Theas,
mr,the
researcherssaidapatternwasclear.―Wefoundthatfromearlytolateadulthood,individualsadapt
theirexpectationsoffuturelifesatisfactionfromoptimistic,toaccurate,topessimistic,‖the
authorsconcluded.
ingtothestudy,whomadethemostaccuratepredictionoftheirfuturelifesatisfaction?
-agedadults.
oflowerincome.
ismmaybepositiveinsomewaybecauseitcausespeople______.
yenjoytheirpresentlife
matetheircontributionaccurately
measuresagainstpotentialrisks
ehealthmorehighlythanwealth
eopleofhigherincomeseetheirfuture?
llearnlessmoney.
llbecomepessimistic.
llsuffermentalillness.
llhavelesstimetoenjoylife.
theclearconclusionofthestudy?
ismguaranteeschancesofsurvival.
nancialconditionleadstogoodhealth.
ltreatmentdetermineshealthoutcomes.
ationsoffuturelifesatisfactiondeclinewithage.
第Ⅱ卷（写作，共35分）
写作一（满分15分）
请结合材料内容，按要求用英语写作。
Influencedbysomedishonestcasesreportedrecently,manypeoplechoosenottoassistthe
agedpeoplelyingontheroad,whoaresuddenlysickorinjured.
要求：1、就此材料发表你的看法；
2、紧扣材料，有明确的观点；
3、词数不少于60。
写作二（满分20分）
假如你是重庆的一名高三学生李华，在某英文网站上看到了下面的―征集接待家庭‖启
事，你很感兴趣。请根据启事内容用英语封e-mail，表达申请意愿。
ChineseHostFamiliesWanted
TeachersandstudentsfromCentralHighSchoolPhoenix,Arizona,USAwill
miliesarewantedto
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accommodateourfriends.
REQUIREMENTS:﹡GoodEnglish
﹡Goodcommunicationskills
﹡ASEPARATEroom
﹡Convenienttransportation
﹡…
IfyouareinterestedinthisprojectandwanttomakefriendswithnativeEnglishspeakers
andshareyourlifestyleandculturewiththem,plea ndyourapplicationinEnglishto
internationalhostfamily@contactusforfurtherinformation.
注意：（1）词数不少于80；
（2）在答题卡上作答；
（3）开头、结尾已给出（不计入总词数）。
DearSir/Madam,
IamLiHua,aseniorhighstudentfromChongqing,China.I’mwriting
to_____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________
Iwouldappreciateitifmyapplicationistakenintoaccount.
Yourssincerely,
LiHua
参考答案
听力：1-5CCBCA6-10BBCAC11-15BBAAC16-20BCABB
单项填空：21-35CBDBABACDADBCBC
完形填空：36-40ACCBC41-45ACCBA46-48CAB
49-55CADDABC
阅读理解：BCBDBDBADACDBADABCAD
IV.写作一（满分15分）
Onepossibleversion:
Ascanbeseeninthematerial,peopleturnablindeyeontheagedpeopleinurgentneedon
theroad,whichisabigshameforsociety.
Personally,Ifirmlyinsistthathelpingagedpeopleshouldbeadvocated,wheneverand
thing,itisthebasicsocialmoralityandtraditionalvirtuethatwehavebeen
ther,ifeveryonechoosestoignore,leavingtheoldpeopletosufferor
eventodie,ametime,effortsshouldbe
madetoprotectthebenefitsofthosewhoprovidehelp.
Inconclusion,dishonestcasescannotpreventus
fromhelpingothers.
写作二（满分20分）
DearSir/Madam,
IamLiHuafromClassOne,SeniorThree.I’mwritinginreplytothe
noticeforhostfamilies.
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,I
,mygood
ccommodation,
myfation,
ationmakesiteasytotakeeithersubwaysor
lsogotsupportfrommyparents,whosaidyeswithouthesitation
wheninformedofmywish.
Iwouldappreciateitifmyapplicationistakenintoaccount.
Yourssincerely
LiHua