福建省莆田第八中学2015届高三上学期第二次月考英语试题
1. What will the man have?
A．A sandwich. B．Soup. C．Pizza.
2. Where is Peter?
A．In his office. B．In a library. C．At home.
3. What are the speakers going to do?
A．Call Ann. B．Look for Ann. C．Wait for Ann.
4. Why is the woman worried?
A．She will interview a tricky person.
B．She has to attend an interview.
C．She didn’t perform well in the interview.
5. What is the difference in the office?
A．All things are cleaner.
B．Everything is rearranged.
C．The computer screen is changed.
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。听每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的时间作答。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. What relationship is the woman to the man?
A．His neighbor.
B．His wife. C．His colleague.
7. What are the speakers talking about?
A．A traffic accident.
B．A house fire.
C．A natural disaster.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Why were the e-mail programmes changed?
A．To solve a technical problem.
B．To check all the e-mails.
C．To improve service.
9. Where is the technical support?
A．Across from human resources.
B．Next to the shipping department.
C．On the right of the reception desk.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. How did the man know about flying cars?
A．From a newspaper article.
B．From some scientists.
C．From TV.
11. What is the advantage of flying cars?
A．They are easy to drive.
B．They can be used for long trips.
C．They never need to be controlled.
12. What is the woman’s opinion about flying cars?
A．They are useless.
B．They are a waste of money.
C．They might bring new problems.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What are the speakers doing?
A．Finding out the truth. B．Typing the statement. C．Checking the record.
14. Who could the man most probably be?
A．A witness. B．A police officer. C．The driver of the car.
15. When did the accident take place?
A．At 700 a.m. on July 1st.
B．At 700 a.m. on July 2nd.
C．At 700 p.m. on July 2nd.
16. What is the main cause of the accident?
A．The driver was careless.
B．The student didn’t notice the sound.
C．The speed of the car was too high.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What does the graduation ceremony include?
A．Speeches.
B．Parties.
C．Presents.
18. How do the students prepare for the graduation?
A．They print their yearbook.
B．They give each other cards.
C．They have their photos taken.
19. What will people do if they receive students’ announcements?
A．Go to their ceremony.
B．Send presents to them.
C．Help them order rings.
20. What do the families do for the graduates?
A．Give them money. B．Prepare a big dinner.
C．Hold parties.
22．I feel it is you rather than the boy who ________ for being late for the speech.
A. are to blame
B. is to blame
C. are to be blamed
D. is to be blamed
23．With all the goods needed________, my mother I went out of the supermarket and went home happily.
A. to buy
B. bought
C. buying
D. to be bought
24．While doing my homework，________.
A．I heard the doorbell ring
B．the doorbell rang
C．my mother came in
D．my mother was cooking
25．—Why does Jane always ask you for help?
—There is no one else ________, is there?
A. who to turn to
B. she can turn to
C. for whom to turn
D. for her to turn
26．As some experts say, shopping by television will never take ________ place of shopping in stores, because many people find shopping at a store ________ great enjoyment.
A．/；a
B．the；a
C．a；the
D．a；/
27．What puzzled the doctors most was ______ they could not find the cause of the strange disease.
A．what
B．which
C．that
D．/
28．I heard from my mother just now and I was anxious ________ the letter to read it.
A．folding
B．unfolding
C．to unfold
D．to fold
29．What he said ________ a great effect upon us.
A．have
B．does have
C．having
D．to have
30．—I’m surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have ___________.
—So am I．They seemed very happy together when I last saw them.
A．broken up
B．finished up
C．divided up
D．closed up
31．________ by the beauty of nature, the girl from London decided to spend another two days on the farm.
A．Attracting
B．Attracted
C．To be attracted
D．Having attracted
32．—I’d like to talk with you about the new car, Fred.
—________ Talk with me about what?
A．I apologize.
B．Pardon?
C．No way.
D．Good idea.
33．—People often don't appreciate what they have, do they?
—No, _________ they lose it.
A. if
B. after C. until D. when
34．The little girl is walking along the beach, happy and joyful, _____bending down to pick up a beautiful seashell.
A. approximately
B. regularly
C. apparently
D. occasionally
35．The two friends ________ on line for two hours, and they seem to go on.
A. have been chatting
B. had chatted
C. were chatting
D. had been chatted
第二节
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分， 满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to __36__ in his bed for an hour each afternoon for treatment. His __37__ was next to the room's only window. The other man __38__ spend all his time flat on his back. Every __39__ when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he __40__ pass the time by describing to his __41__ all the things he could see outside the window. The window overlooked a __42__ with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children __43__ their model boats. Young lovers walked __44__ among flowers. As the man by the window described all this beautifully, the other man would close his eyes and __45__ the scene.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the __46__ body of the man by the window, who had died __47__ in his sleep. She was saddened and __48__ the hospital attendants (服务员) to take the body away. 49__ it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could ___50___ next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after __51__ he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly and painfully, he sat up to take his __52__ look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the __53__ of seeing it for himself. He strained (紧张地) to slowly turn to 54__ the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have forced his dead roommate to __55__ those wonderful things outside this window. The nurse answered that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”
36. A. stand up
B. lie down
C. sit up
D. sit down
37. A. room
B. table
C. seat
D. bed
38. A. had to
B. would rather
C. prefer to
D. rather than
39. A. morning
B. evening
C. afternoon
D. dawn
40. A. will
B. would
C. should
D. might
41. A. nurse
B. workmate
C. roommate
D. doctor
42. A. park
B. street
C. garden
D. field
43. A. played
B. made
C. started
D. sailed
44. A. face to face
B. shoulder to shoulder
C. arm in arm
D. back to back
45. A. describe
B. tell
C. hear
D. imagine
46. A. strong
B. warm
C. sick
D. lifeless
47. A. peacefully
B. sadly
C. secretly
D. completely
48. A. looked
B. found
C. called
D. ordered
49. A. Before
B. As soon as
C. When
D. As far as
50. A. changed
B. sit
C. be moved
D. be taken
51. A. making sure
B. depending on
C. making up
D. accounting for
52. A. next
B. first
C. last
D. another
53. A. surprise
B. feeling
C. try
D. joy
54. A. look out
B. look at
C. glare at
D. stare at
55. A. remember
B. describe
C. write
D. talk
第三部分
阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Mark Twain was a great writer. He was from the USA. He was born in 1835. He was also a famous speaker. He was famous for his sense of humor. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes
in the town and told him that he抎 better not go there. Mark Twain wavedl his hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”
After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. 揑抦 very sorry, Mr. Maralk Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him.
Mark Twain, however, made a joke, saying to the waiter, 揟he mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didnu’t come into the wrong room.?What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Do you know why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.
5 6. That day Mark Twain went to the town _____.
A. to see one of his friends
B. because he wanted to do something there for his writing
C. because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
D. to see one of his relatives
57. The waiters felt sorry because _____.
A. they did something wrong to Mark Twain
B. their hotel was too small
C. the room was not very clean
D. there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain’s room
58. All the people present laughed heartily because _____.
A. the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn’t come into the wrong room
B. the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain’s room number
C. Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents
D. Mark Twain made a joke
59. From the story we know _____.
A. no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night
B. the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night
C. Mark Twain didn’t have a good rest that night
D. there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer
B
A woman in Japan who had no home sneaked into a man’s house and lived without being noticed in his closet for a year. She was arrested after the man found that his food was disappearing and reported it to the police.
Police found the 58瓂ear璷ld woman Thursday hiding in the top part of the man抯 closet and arrested her for getting in without therre owner’s permission，police spokesman Hiroki Itakura from southern Kasuya town said Friday.
The man had security cameras which sent images to his cell phone after becoming confused by food disappearing from his kitchen over the past several months.
One of the cameras on Thursday caught someone moving into his home after he had left，so he called the police who at first thought it was a thief. However, when they arrived，they found the door locked and all windows closed.
“We searched the house and checked everywhere someone could possibly hide，” Itakura said. “When we opened the closet，we found the woman curled up(蜷曲) on her side，feeling nervous and frightened.”
The woman told the police that she had no place to live and first sneaked into the man’s house about a year ago when he left home without locking the door.
“She had moved a mattress into the small closet space and even took showers，” Itakura said. He called the woman “tidy and clean”．
60. What is the best title of this passage?
A．A Japanese Woman Caught Living in a Man’s Closet
B．A Woman Without Home
C．Police Arrested a Woman on Thursday
D．Please Lock the Door Before Leaving Your House
61. When someone sneaks into a house，she most probably________.
A．is the owner of the house
B．doesn’t want to be noticed by others
C．lives a very poor life
D．wants to find some food to eat
62. According to the passage, when the woman was found by the police，she________.
A．was stealing food in the kitchen
B．felt nervous and frightened
C．was untidy and dirty
D．tried to jump off the window
63. Which of the statements is true?
A．The woman doesn’t like living in her own house.
B．The man always forgets to lock his door when he leaves.
C．The woman first sneaked into the man’s house about a year ago.
D．The woman was over sixty years old when she was arrested.
C
Fix it on your own
Did you know that a bowl of rice could save your iPod if you drop it in a swimming pool by accident? Or that the camera on your phone could tell you what’s wrong with your TV remote control? The experts at Geek Squad (geelsquad.co.uk) have made a gadget (小机件) rescue guide. So, let’s take a look at some of their useful advice.
♦ How to get more juice out of your phone battery
If your battery goes dead but you need to get a number or send one last text, try warming it up. That may give you a tiny bit of power. Take the battery from the phone and rub it between your hands. Or warm it under your arm for a few minutes. Then try to start the phone but use it quickly.
♦ What to do if your gadget gets wet
First, try drying it out with a vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器). If a vacuum cleaner isn’t at hand, fill a pot or bowl with uncooked rice and put your wet gadget inside. The dry, uncooked rice will absorb all the water and, after a few hours, you should be able to use the gadget. Don’t forget to remove the battery and SIM card before you dry it.
♦ What to do if your TV remote control stops working
If replacing the batteries doesn’t work, get the camera function up on your phone and point the remote at the lens (镜头). When you press a button on the remote, if it is working, the glass bobble (小球) at the front of the remote will light up when you look at it on the screen of your phone. This is because the screen on a phone or digital camera picks up infrared rays (红外线), even though your eyes don’t. If the glass bobble doesn’t light up, the remote is broken. If it does, the receiving device is broken.
64. If your cell phone falls into a sink, you can _________.
A. warm it up under your arm
B. remove the battery after you dry it
C. put it into the uncooked rice
D. press it with both of your hands
65. Why can a phone be used to prove the TV remote control works well? Because it can _____.
A. improve the TV remote control
B. receive infrared ray
C. picture the TV remote control
D. reflect infrared ray
66. In which section of a newspaper can we possibly read this text?
A. Life
B. Entertainment
C. Finance
D. Culture
67. The purpose of this passage is to give people __________.
A. personal opinions
B. professional guides
C. necessary warnings
D. practical tips
D
The day when the jobs were handed out was one of the most exciting moments for all the children in the class. It took place during the first week of the term. Every kid was given a job for which they would be responsible for the rest of that school year.
Some jobs were more interesting than others, and the children were eager to be given one of the best ones. When giving them out, the teacher took into account which pupils had been most responsible during the previous year. During the previous year Rita had carried out the teacher’s instructions perfectly. All the children knew Rita would be given the best job.
But there was a big surprise. Each child received a normal job. But Rita’s job was very different. She was given a little box containing some sand and one ant. Though the teacher insisted that this ant was very special, Rita felt disappointed. Most of her classmates felt sorry for her. Even her father became very angry with the teacher and he encouraged Rita to pay no attention to this insignificant pet. However, Rita preferred to show the teacher her error by doing something special with that job of little interest.
Rita started investigating all about her little ant and gave the ant the best food, and it grew quite a bit bigger.
One day, a man, who looked very important, came into their classroom and declared, “Your class has been chosen to accompany me, this summer, on a journey to the tropical rain forest, where we will investigate all kinds of insects. Among all the schools of this region, your class has best cared for the little ant.”
That day the school was filled with joy and celebration. Everyone thanked Rita for having been so patient and responsible. And many children learnt that to be given the most important task you have to know how to be responsible even in what are the smallest tasks.
68. What did the teacher base his decision on when giving out jobs to the children?
A. Their characters and interests.
B. Their class performance during the previous year.
C. Their working performance during the previous year.
D. Their ability of managing their accounts during the previous year.
69. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. Each child got an important job.
B. Each child got an interesting job.
C. The perfect student got the job of everyone’s preference．
D. The most responsible student got the job of least interest.
70. We can infer that the man who made the declaration is a _________.
A. hunter
B. director
C. biologist
D. principal
71. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Never complain about life.
B. Small tasks can lead to fortunes.
C. Men are best known by their friends.
D. Responsibility and intelligence bring good luck.
E
School is a place that is familiar to everyone. Let’s find out what American students do in school.
An official dance party is held about twice a year in high schools in the United States. When the final football game is over for the season there is a homecoming party. Sometimes, students select a king from among the football players, and a queen from among the girls. Every student can attend and have fun with the help of their teachers. Sometimes, students, called bookworms, to the surprise of the other students, come to the party in a beautiful dress.
The most exciting party that students can go to would have to be a dance party. Students attend it in dresses similar to those of Hollywood stars and the atmosphere is comparable to an Oscar Award party. Since such a party is for seniors, students usually stay up the night trying to enjoy their last year in high school.
In American schools, instead of the teachers going to different rooms, students have their own class schedules (课程表) and go to different classrooms. When a student is away from school, they must have an explanation for being away along with the signature(签名) of a parent. The signed paper is then handed in to the school office. High school drop outs and students being expelled (除名) are not that uncommon in the States. High absences without excuses are one of the reasons why students are expelled from school. American students also enjoy a number of activities out of school like cheerleading (拉拉队), student government and a host of different sports.
72. Whose presence at the homecoming party can make others amazed?
A. The king and the queen acted by students.
B. The laziest student in study.
C. The teacher who offers advice.
D. Students who study hardest.
73. Why do students hold the dance party till the next morning?
A. Because they would like to dance and sang madly.
B. Because this is the only chance that they get dressed like film stars.
C. Because students make it as exciting as an awarding party of Oscar.
D. Because this perhaps is the last chance that they can enjoy their school life.
74. According to the passage, American students in school ________.
A. study in the same classroom
B. have the same class with each other
C. attend different classes in different places
D. wait for their teachers in their class
75. What is this passage mainly about?
A. The organizing of dance parties.
B. Homecoming party.
C. How to ask for a leave.
D. School life in America.
第Ⅱ卷(共35分)
第四部分
写作（共2节，满分35分）
第一节 短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Born in America, Thomas Edison was a great scientist and inventor. He was once thought to be a boy not ____76____ (值得) educating. In fact, he was a man full of ____77____ (想象力). I admire him a lot because of his great contribution ____78____ the world. He had more than 1000 i____79____. When he was young, he was always eager to know h____80____ things worked, which helped him to earn the nickname “the Wizard of Meio Park”. He was also so diligent ____81____ he worked day and night. And this explained why he had so m____82____ inventions. What____83____ (留下印象) me most is his famous saying, “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine ____84____ perspiration”. Maybe I can’t be an Edison myself, ____85____ I can be a hardworking learner.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
作为一名中学生，你肯定经历过多次考试，体验过成功，也遭遇过失败。请你根据下面的提示内容，简要概述中学生中普遍存在的对考试失败的两种态度，并结合自身实际，说明你的观点。
态度一 态度二 你的观点
当考试结果不近人意时，情绪低落，丧失信心，不再继续努力。 当考试失败时，分析并找出失败的原因，鼓励自己，增强自信，避免再犯同样的错误。 1.失败乃成功之母；
2……
3. ……
注意：1. 词数10左右；
2可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 高三年段英语第二次月考答案
01-20
CACBA
ABCBA
ACCAB
BACBC
21-35
DABAB
BCCBA
BBCDA
36-55
CDACB
CADCD
DACBC
ABDAB
56-75
BDDB
ABBC
CBAD
CDCB
DDCD
76.worth
77. imagination
78. to
79. inventions
80. how
81. that
82. many
83. impresses
84. percent
85. but