湖北省武汉市汉铁高级中学2016-2017学年高一12月月考英语试题

　　组题人

　　徐娟

　　审题人

　　李继红

　　时间 120分钟

　　满分 150分

　　第一部分：听力（共两节, 满分30分）

　　做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

　　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。

　　1．What is the relationship between the two speakers?

　　A．Teacher and student.

　　B．Employer and employee.

　　C．Doctor and patient.

　　2．What are the two speakers doing?

　　A．Bargaining.

　　B．Quarreling.

　　C．Debating.

　　3．How does the woman buy her clothes?

　　A．On TV.

　　B．Online.

　　C．In shops.

　　4．What are the two speakers talking about?

　　A．Wallet.

　　B．Watch.

　　C．Notebook.

　　5．How old is the man?

　　A．35.

　　B．34.

　　C．31.

　　第二节（共15个小题；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，你将有时间来阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。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 is the survey about?

　　A．Relationship between parents and children.

　　B．Top gift on Mother’s Day.

　　C．The sale of chocolates.

　　7．What gift do most people choose to send to their mothers?

　　A．Flowers .

　　B．Chocolates . C．Time with family .

　　听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

　　8．What is the size of the woman will choose this time?

　　A．Size 42.

　　B．Size 43 .

　　C．Size 44 .

　　9．What color of shoes does the woman’s husband like to match his suit?

　　A．Blue.

　　B．Black.

　　C．Brown.

　　听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

　　10．What do those fat people find difficult in their 30s and 40s?

　　A．Finding the best jobs.

　　B．Marriage.

　　C．Playing sports.

　　11．What does a woman list first about a man?

　　A．Job.

　　B．Appearance.

　　C．Health.

　　12．Which country are the two speakers joining the study from?

　　A．Sweden.

　　B．England.

　　C．America.

　　听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

　　13．How did the woman get to the place?

　　A．By bus.

　　B．By taxi.

　　C．On foot.

　　14．Where does the conversation most probably take place?

　　A．At an office.

　　B．At a restaurant.

　　C．At the airport.

　　15．What does the woman like best?

　　A．Fish.

　　B．Beef.

　　C．Pork.

　　16．What does the man like to drink?

　　A．Tea.

　　B．Coffee.

　　C．Orange juice.

　　听第10段材料，回答第 17至20 题。

　　17．What importance does the woman want to emphasize（强调）?

　　A．Inspiration.

　　B．Bravery.

　　C．Honesty.

　　18．How were the frogs traveling?

　　A．Through the river.

　　B．Through the road.

　　C．Through the woods.

　　19．What did the other frogs tell the two unlucky frogs?

　　A．They should try their best to jump out.

　　B.

　　They had no choice but to die in the hole.

　　C．They would try all means to help them out.

　　20．How was the frog who got out?

　　A．He was deaf.

　　B．He was blind.

　　C．He was foolish.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分30分）

　　第一节：单项填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

　　从每题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　21. Hiking by oneself can be fun and good for health . It may also be good for

　　building.

　　A. . respect

　　B. friendship

　　C. reputation

　　D. character

　　22. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his

　　in status is well worth the loss of money.

　　A. gain

　　B. improvement

　　C. rise

　　D. increase

　　23. Duty is an act or a course of action that people

　　you to take by social customs, law or religion.

　　A. persuade

　　B. request

　　C. instruct

　　D. expect

　　24. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an engineer to

　　. the problem.

　　A. handle

　　B. raise

　　C. face

　　D. present

　　25. Would you please

　　the paper for me and see if there are any obvious mistakes?

　　A. look around

　　B. look into

　　C. look up

　　D. look through

　　26. Unbelievable as it is ,the film 2017 without doubt

　　a warning that human beings are faced with potential dangers.

　　A. serves as

　　B. belongs to

　　C. consists of

　　D. stands for

　　27.In this lecture ,I can only give you a purely

　　view of how we can live life to the full and make some suggestions about the future.

　　A. private

　　B. personal

　　C. unique

　　D. different

　　28. Drunk driving , which was once a

　　occurrence, is now under control.

　　A. general

　　B. frequent

　　C. normal

　　D. particular

　　29. We give dogs time, space and love we can spare , and

　　,dogs give us their all.

　　A. in all

　　B. in fact

　　C. in short

　　D. in return

　　30. Success in life does not happen

　　. It’s the result of devoting your time and energy to what you’ve set out to do .

　　A. by force

　　B. by design

　　C. by accident

　　D. by choice

　　第二节

　　完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the

　　 31 

　　to   let in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she   32   a big bald man running through the parking lot. Before she came to realize  33   would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window. "Get out!" Neilson   34  .

　　Pulling open her door, the man seized her   35   the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed,   36   her purse and the keys. Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a   37  , heard the screams and began running. When they   38   Neilson's car, the attacker had jumped into the driver's seat and was   39   searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker   40   back. But in a state of great  41  , he was no match for the two athletic men.

　　Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to   42   the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes —— used to tie up newspapers.   43   his arms tied tightly behind him, the attacker looked up and said   44  , "I hope you guys feel good about yourselves – you just caught one of the most wanted men." They   45   him and waited for the police.

　　Later, Bruce and Jackson were astonished to learn the man was the   46   carjacker and suspected murderer, whose picture had been recently printed   47

　　their own newspaper. Neilson considers herself lucky   48   she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a   49   ending if those good people had not come to help her. "Unfortunately," she says, "  50   people would have done what they did, and that is the real truth." 31. A. doors

　　B. windows

　　C. glasses

　　D. mirrors

　　32. A. noticed   B. recognized C. watched D. felt

　　33. A. which B. it C. what D. that

　　34. A. escaped B. struggled C. obeyed D. refused

　　35. A. around B. by C. with D. on

　　36. A. burying  B. grabbing C. forgetting D. offering    

　　37. A. break B. visit  C. holiday D. trip 

　　38. A. started  B. stopped C. entered D. reached

　　39. A. carefully B. disappointedly C. patiently D. madly

　　40. A. turned B. jumped C. fought  D. shouted

　　41. A. surprise B. excitement C. satisfaction D. panic

　　42. A. remind B. invite C. persuade D. phone

　　43. A. As B. For C. With D. Under

　　44. A. kindly   B. coldly  C. angrily D. warmly

　　45. A. ignored B. punished C. comforted  D. laughed

　　46. A. ordinary  B. professional  C. honest D. famous

　　47. A. on B. for C. in

　　D. at

　　48. A. because B. when C. although D. after

　　49. A. different B. similar C. happy D. strange

　　50. A. few B. many C. little D. some

　　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。

　　A

　　Bamboo is one of the nature’s most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.

　　Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains(平原).

　　Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.

　　Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables(绳索) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong.

　　In Africa, engineers are teaching poor farmers how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills(钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields to be watered.

　　51. How is bamboo like grass?

　　A. It is thin and easy to cut.

　　B. It grows everywhere.

　　C. It grows quickly after its cut short. D. It is short and green.

　　52. The sentence “while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across.” means “Some other bamboo plants may grow to be very _______.”

　　A. short

　　B. strong

　　C. thick

　　D. tall

　　53. From the text we know ______.

　　A. most people call bamboo plant trees

　　B. a bamboo plant may grow 4.5 meters in three days

　　C. the bamboo plant changes its colors when it grows

　　D. a bridge held by bamboo cable was built thousands of years ago

　　54. Why did the engineers teach the poor farmers in Africa to make use of bamboo?

　　A. Because it is cheap.

　　B. Because it is colorful.

　　C. Because it drills fast.

　　D. Because it is used by Asians.

　　55. Which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. There are many different kinds of bamboo with different colors.

　　B. Cables made of bamboo can last for over a thousand years.

　　C. Bamboo can be used for buildings, bridges and watering projects(工程).

　　D. Bamboo plants are able to grow well in any part of the world.

　　B

　　Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.

　　Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.

　　No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he / she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.

　　Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.

　　56. After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found ______.

　　A. the art began from 1,500 B.C.

　　B. the works of art ended in the 1950s

　　C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed

　　D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed

　　57. How many people in the world are left-handed now?

　　A. Less than one sixth. B. More than a half.

　　C. About 40%.

　　D. The passage doesn’t tell us.

　　58. What is the hand for most people used to do?

　　A. It’s used to find or hold things.

　　B. It’s used to work with things.

　　C. It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together.

　　D. It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems.

　　59. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

　　B. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

　　C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

　　D. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

　　C

　　It'll soon be the birthday of one of my closest friends, Susie. I still cannot decide what to give her. She's a rare friend because she has been there for me all the time whenever I need a friend to talk to. I can always depend on her to be the first to arrive to give me advice when I have problems. I guess I am so lucky to have her as a friend.

　　It's more than seven years since I first met Susie in our school. I joined the theater group and she was a director then. At first I thought she was intimidating but in the end I realized that she needed to keep a strict image in order for her actors and actresses to take her seriously. And then during practice I got a chance to know her better. In fact, she was a friendly and warm-hearted person. Soon we become good friends.

　　I don't know exactly what to give my friend on her birthday as I believe she has everything. So it's really hard to buy her a gift she will appreciate. This year I want something different and special but I don't know what to give. One day I searched the internet without any purpose and to my surprise there is a really lovely site where you can buy all kinds of gifts.

　　I scanned some of their items and I found cool and exciting gifts. I chose a special personalized bracelet(手镯). I'm sure that this will look perfect on her. I put our arms as part of the design of the bracelet so that it'll remind us that we'll forever be friends. I can't wait to give her my gift but I won't tell her yet. I don't want to destroy the surprise.

　　60.Why does the author consider Susie as a rare friend?

　　A. She can always offer help when the author is in need.

　　B. She author and Susie have lots of things to talk about.

　　C. Susie is good at solving problems.

　　D. Susie is a friendly and warm-heated person.

　　61. The underlined word "intimidating" in paragraph 2 most probably means"_____"

　　A. charming

　　B. nervous

　　C.

　　warm-hearted

　　D. frightening

　　62. Finally the author found a nice gift for her friend_____

　　A. With the help of somebody else

　　B. By accident

　　C. While doing shopping in a store

　　D. Without difficulty

　　63.The author wanted to put her and her friend's names in the bracelet in order to _____.

　　A. Give her friend a big surprise

　　B. Make the present more special

　　C. Make her friend remember their friendship forever.

　　D. Remind her friend of their love between them.

　　D

　　There is an old saying in English: "laughter is the best medicine " until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to investigate laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found evidence that laughter really can improve people's health.

　　Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films, while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscle. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing, it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

　　Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be capable of reducing the effects of a pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which tolerate the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins (内啡肽) in the brain. These are natural chemicals which decrease both stress and pain.

　　There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps the body's immune (免疫)system , that is, the system which fights infection. In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group served as the control group-in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the student in both groups and found that the people in the group that watched the video had an increase in the activity of their white blood cells, that is, the cell which fight infection.

　　As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists (精神病学家) in the United Stated now hold laughter clinics, in which they try to improve their patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

　　64.We can learn from the first paragraph that laughter_____.

　　A. is good for one's health

　　B. is related to some illness

　　C. has been investigated long since

　　D. has no effect on the body

　　65. Doctors have found that laughter_____

　　A. keeps down blood pressure

　　B. has similar effects to physical exercise

　　C. decrease the heart rate

　　D. increase stress

　　66.Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter, according to the passage?

　　A, It reduces the pain

　　B. It exercises the body

　　C. It improves the body's immune system

　　D. It can cure cancer

　　67.The writer's attitude towards laughter is _____

　　A .Critical

　　B. Doubtful

　　C. Positive

　　D. Negative

　　E

　　Winter begins in the north on December 22nd. People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the colder months. Squirrels(松鼠), for example,

　　have been busy gathering nuts from trees. Well, scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect.

　　They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana. The scientists wanted to show how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut(黑胡桃)trees. The black walnuts is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels. The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests.

　　Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen, a former Purdue student now at the University of New Mexico. The two researches estimate(估计)that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels. Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way. Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places. But they seldom remember where they buried every nut. So some nuts remain in the ground. Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring. Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground. Professor Swihart calls "death traps for seeds".

　　Gray squirrels are native to Indiana. But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture. Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century.

　　The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees. They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade Indiana. Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.

　　68.The study done by Rob

　　Swihart and Jake Goheen is to ____ .

　　A. Find out how squirrels collect walnuts

　　B. Learn squirrels' influence on black walnut trees

　　C. Do something to get rid of squirrels

　　D. Save the forests in the American state of Indiana

　　69.The difference between gray squirrels and red squirrels lies in ____.

　　A. The way they gather the walnut

　　B. The time they have winter sleep

　　C. The place they have winter sleep

　　D. The place they store the walnuts

　　70.What could be inferred from this text?

　　A. Agricultural in Indiana has been well developed

　　B. Gray squirrels will be replaced by red squirrels in Indiana.

　　C. The spread of red squirrels will do harm to walnuts trees in Indiana

　　D. The government will take some measures to protect black walnut trees.

　　第Ⅱ卷（共分）

　　第四部分：写作（共两节，满分50分）

　　第一节：完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

　　71. If times

　　（变了），have our ways of thinking changed too?(change)

　　72.

　　（已经证明）that this way of treating the disease is the most effective so far.(prove)

　　73. Mark

　　（本不必匆忙的）. After driving at top speed, he arrived half an hour early.(hurry)

　　74. The

　　（越不紧张）the learnersthe better their language acquisition will be .(anxious)

　　75. With the rapid development of science and technology, I can’t imagine

　　（我的家乡会是什么样子）in ten years.(what)

　　76. There are two thousand students in our school,

　　（其中三分之二）are girls.(whom)

　　77. Bill wasn’t happy about the delay of the report by Jason , and

　　（我也一样）.(neither)

　　78. The computer was used in teaching. As a result, not only

　　（节省了老师的精力），but students became more interested in the lessons. (save)

　　79. So

　　（她唱得完美）the song that no one could tell there were two voices.( sing)

　　80. It

　　（不久）we get used to the new school life.(before)

　　第二节：书面表达（满分30分）What is honesty? Honesty means speaking the truth and being fair and upright in act.

　　请以Honesty为题，写一篇作文。

　　要求：1、120个单词左右；

　　2、结合一个事例。

　　KEYS：

　　听力：1—10

　　CABAC

　　BCBCB

　　11—20

　　BABBA

　　CACBA

　　单项：21—30

　　DCDAD

　　ABBDC

　　完型：31—40

　　BACDB

　　BADDC

　　41—50

　　DDCBA

　　BCCAA

　　阅读：51—55

　　CCBAD

　　56—59

　　CAAB

　　60—63 ADBC

　　64—67

　　ABDC

　　68—70

　　BDC完成句子：71. have changed

　　72. It has been proved

　　73. needn’t have hurried

　　74. less anxious

　　75. what my hometown will be / look like

　　76. two-thirds of whom

　　77. neither was I

　　78. was teachers’ energy saved

　　79. perfectly did she sing

　　80. won’t be long before

　　写作：

　　One possible version

　　What is honesty? Honesty means speaking the truth and being fair and upright in act. Considered a virtue, it is admired in every country and every culture. So, Is it necessary to be honest all the time .

　　 However, there are people who try to get benefits by dishonest means.

　　 For example, some students copy the exercises done by others or cheat in examinations in order to get good marks. The same thing may be said of a merchant who tries to get rich by deceiving

　　customers. Those people may succeed for a time, but sooner or later, they will be caught.

　　How can cheating on exams be prevented? The measures may vary from case to case. But I think, the students must first be well informed of the negative effect. Then the students who were caught in the act of cheating can be criticized publicly, punished or even expelled from the school.

　　阅读：A篇【答案与解析】这是一篇关于竹子的说明文。讲述了竹子的生长处、种类、颜色、用途等。

　　1. C。由第2段的第1句我们可以推测出竹子与其他草类相似的地方是grow back very quickly。

　　2. C。阅读第3段的第2句They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across可推知：while(表对比，意为“而”)前面讲有些竹子(bamboo)很细，只有(only)几厘米粗，而与相比，while 后面则讲有些竹子长得很壮，可以有30厘米粗。因此答案选C。

　　3. B。由第2个题目我们可知竹子一天能长1.5米，那么三天就能长4.5米。

　　4. A。根据第5段第2句Because they have no money可知要选用bamboo。

　　5. D。第2段的倒数第2句中说except Europe，由此可知答案为D。

　　B篇【答案与解析】本文主要说明了为什么有的人习惯用右手，有的人习惯用左手。

　　1. C。细节题。在第1段中我们可找到这样的句子…Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed，所以答案是 C。

　　2. A。细节题。根据句子 Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed 我们可知现在世界人口中有10%—15%的人是 left-handed，那么与此数接近的应该是 less than one sixth(不到六分之一)。

　　3. A。细节题。根据文章第2段第3句可知对大多数人而言，手用来 find or hold things。

　　4. B。判断题。根据文章内容，惯用左手的人比惯用右手的人聪明是没有依据的。