湖南省衡阳市第八中学2017届高三实验班上学期第四次月考英语试题含答案

衡阳八中2016年下期高三年级第四次月考试卷

英语（试题卷）

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1.本卷为衡阳八中高三年级实验班第四次月考试卷，分两卷。其中共72题，满分150分，考试时间为120分钟。

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第I卷选择题（共100分）

一.听力（每题1.5分，共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 does Jim do?

A. A teacher.

B. An officer.

C. A student.

2. What time did Suzy leave home?

A. 4:30.

B. 5:00.

C. 5:15.

3. What is the man’s suggestion?

A. Going to the concert.

B. Going to see a show.

C. Just walking around.

4. How long has the rain lasted?

A. 5 days.

B. 6 days.

C. 7 days.

5. What opinion do they hold on their chemistry course?

A. It’s well organized.

B. It is satisfactory.

C. It is unsatisfactory.

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. Where does this conversation take place?

A. In a library.

B. In a school.

C. In a bookstore.

7. Why is William Shakespeare mentioned in the conversation?

A. He gave gifts to millions of people.

B. He was a very wealthy man in his times.

C. His signature is worth a lot of money.

听第7段材料，回答第8至11题。

8. What are the man and woman looking for?

A. A comfortable hotel.

B. A modern hotel.

C. An inexpensive hotel.

9. Whom did the man and woman ask for help?

A. A policewoman.

B. A waitress.

C. A passer-by.

10. Where could the man and woman find a hotel they needed?

A. In the next street.

B. Next to a bank.

C. Two-minute drive to the west.

11. Where did the conversation most likely take place?

A. In a street.

B. In a restaurant.

C. In a hotel.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What would the woman like to do this weekend?

A. Go climbing.

B. Go shopping.

C. Go fishing.

13. What does the man plan to do on Saturday?

A. Check his schedule.

B. Stay at home.

C. Help his sister move.

14. How will the man get in touch with the woman?

A. By making a phone call to the woman’s house.

B. By making a phone call to the woman’s mother’s house.

C. By making a call to her cell phone.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is the woman doing?

A. Listening to music.

B. Seeing a film.

C. Writing a letter.

16. How long will the woman stay in Japan?

A. For a year.

B. For a month.

C. For two years.

17. What will the woman do before she leaves for Japan?

A. Read more Japanese novels.

B. Attend a language class.

C. Apply for a new program.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18．How many news headlines are broadcast?

A．4．B．5．C．6．

19．What happened early on Saturday morning?

A．A Russian rocket was sent up．

B．A tour bus slid off a highway．

C．Three aid workers were killed．

20．How many people were killed in the gas explosion?

A．At least 4．B．About 30．C．Over 40．

二.阅读理解（每题2分，共40分）

第一部分阅读下面的文章，从每题后面所给的四个选项中选出正确的一项。

A

One morning there was a message on the answering machine from an angry customer, complaining about her lack of service－service that had been stopped because her check had bounced(拒付).

As it is my job to handle payments received, it was my duty to collect the check. As is often the case when a check bounces, I soon found that this woman's phone number was no longer in service. A check of the caller I.D. told us the call had come from the manager's office of the apartment building where our customer lived. We left a message with the manager and within the hour our call was returned.

I told our customer gently, sympathetically that a check she had written had been returned for lack of funds. I told her I always want to let people know about returned checks quickly because the huge fees the banks charge can cause more checks to be returned and more fees to be charged.

I told her I hoped she could contact the bank and get things straightened out before her problems

got worse. I also told her, gently once more, that I hated to add to her problems but she would owe us a fee for the returned check because the bank charges us a fee when a check is returned.

She told me she had difficulties because of being on a fixed income and being in poor health. She told me she had no children but had raised several that belonged to her husband and after living with him thirty years he had left her for another woman.

Finally, after she had promised to pay, I told her not only do I care about her situation, but she taught me something. When a person is angry, there may be reasons you don't know about. If you don't react with anger, you may learn what the real problem is and may in some way be able to help, if only with a little sympathy.

21. Why did the author try to call the woman?

A. To apologize to her.

B. To solve her problem.

C. To charge for the fees.

D. To provide better service.

22. How did the author get in touch with the woman?

A. By calling her manager.

B. By leaving a message.

C. By finding her apartment.

D. By contacting the bank.

23. What can we learn from the passage?

A. The woman had to pay the check as well as a fee for the returned check.

B. The woman's husband passed away and left several children for her.

C. The author will help the woman overcome her difficulties by paying for her.

D. The check written by the woman had been returned because of the wrong number.

24. What is the purpose of this text?

A. To solve a problem.

B. To present a research result.

C. To conclude a lesson.

D. To tell an interesting story.

B

Since the invention of Guitar Hero and similar computer games, it is no longer necessary to imagine what it would be like to play along with the Beatles—you can come together with them in the virtual world.

Bill Wyman, former bass player(贝斯手) in the Rolling Stones, has pointed out that music video games discourage kids from learning to play real instruments. My own opinion suggest quite opposite.

Last year, I bought Guitar Hero Ⅲfor our 14-year-old son, Jack. Jack quickly mastered the process and entered an intense period of playing the game.

A few months later, while I was away on tour, a couple of his friends came around with a real electric guitar. Playing Guitar Hero had taught them how to play along the track. Now they wanted to s ee if they could apply that to the real thing. Jack’s friends taught him how to play along to his favorite songs using just his index finger (食指)on the bass string. He got it right away.

Guitar Hero had helped him over the first difficulty for guitar players—how to strum(拨弄) the strings with one hand while making chord(和弦) shapes with the other. He never plays Guitar Hero now, preferring to rock out in the garage with his mates.

Despite my attempts at getting him to learn an instrument, it was Guitar Hero that taught him the basics of playing and built up his confidence to the extent that he was able to make a recognizable sound the first time he played it.

So let’s not complain about a game that encourages kids to become music fans and, in our son’s case, gives them the basic skills needed to learn how to play guitar.

25. What’s Bill Wyman’s attitude towards music video games?

A. Curious

B. Approving.

C. Negative.

D. Unconcerned.

26. Which statement is TRUE about Jack’s first playing with a real electric guitar?

A. He did it successfully.

B. He taught his friends how to play.

C. He didn’t know how to play along to a song.

D. He didn’t know how to strum the instruments.

27. What can we infer from Jack’s case?

A. parents should encourage their kids.

B. computer games are harmful to kids.

C. kids should learn an instrument.

D. Guitar Hero is a useful game.

28. What’s the best title for the text?

A. A new computer game

B. The story of a guitarist

C. In defense of Guitar Hero

D. The best way to play guitar

C

When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with great interest when my mother used to talk to it.

Then I discovered that somewhere inside the wonderful device lived an amazing person—her name was Information Please and there was nothing she did not know. Information Please could supply anybody’s number.

My first personal experience with Information Please came one day while my mother was visiting a neighbor. I accidentally hit my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible, but there didn’t seem to be any reason in crying because there was no one home to give sympathy. I walked around the house sucking my hurting finger, finally arriving at the stairway—the telephone! Climbing up I unhooked the receiver and held it to my ear. “Information Please,”I said.

A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear, “Information.”

“I hurt my finger…”I cried. The tears came readily enough now that I had an audience. “Isn’t your mother home?”came the question. “Nobody’s home but me.”I sobbed. “Are you bleeding?”“No,”I replied. “I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts.”“Can you open your icebox?”she asked. I said I could. “Then chip off a little piece of ice and hold it to your finger.”

After that I called Information Please for everything. I asked her for help with my geography and she told me where Philadelphia was. And there was the time that Petey, our pet canary (金丝雀) died. I called Information Please and told her the sad story. She listened, and then said the usual things grown-ups say to comfort(安慰) a child. But I was unconsoled. Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families, only to end up as a pile of feathers, feet up on the bottom of a cage?

She must have sensed my deep concern, for she said quietly, “Paul, always remember that there are other worlds to sing in.”Somehow I felt better.

Another day I was on the telephone. “Information Please.”“Information,”said the now familiar voice. “How do you spell fix?”I asked.

All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. Then when I was 9 years old, we moved to Boston. I missed my friend very much. Information Please belonged to that old wooden box in former home, and I somehow never thought of trying the tall, shiny new phone that sat on the hall table.

Yet as I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood conversations never really left me; often in moments of doubt and sadness I would recall the sense of security I had then. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy.

A few years later, on my way west to college, my plane put down in Seattle. I had about half an hour or so between planes, and I spent 15 minutes or so on the phone with my sister, who lived there now. Then without thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, “Information Please.”

Unexpectedly, I heard again the small, clear voice I knew so well, “Information.”I hadn’t planned this but I heard myself saying, “Could you tell me please how to spell fix?”There was a long pause. Then came the soft spoken answer, “I guess that your finger must have healed by now.”

I laughed, “So it’s really still you,”I said. “I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me during that time.”

“I wonder,”she said, “if you know how much your calls meant to me. I never had any children, and I used to look forward to your calls.”

I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I could call her again when I came back to visit my sister.

“Please do; just ask of Sally.”

Just three months later I was back in Seattle…. A different voice answered Information and I asked for Sally.

“Are you a friend?”“Yes, a very old friend.”“Then I’m sorry to have to tell you. Sally has been working part-time the last few years because she was sick. She passed away five weeks ago.”But before I could hang up she said, “Wait a minute. Did you say your name was Paul?”“Yes!”

“Well, Sally left a message for you. She wrote it down. Here it is. I’ll read it. “Tell him I still say there are other worlds to sing in. He’ll know what I mean.”

I thanked her and hung up. I did know what Sally meant.

29. The author picked up the telephone for the first time to ________.

A. call his mother who was visiting a neighbor

B. call the doctor for his wounded finger

C. find out what exactly lived in the telephone

D. find someone to give him sympathy

30. Why did the writer never think of trying the new phone after moving to Boston?

A. He hadn’t got used to the line service in Boston yet.

B. There was something wrong with the new phone.

C. He missed Information Please in the old phone so much.

D. He didn’t like the tall and shiny style of the new phone.

31. What did Sally mean by saying those underlined words in the message?

A. The author didn’t need to feel sad for her death.

B. She went to another place to make a living as a singer

C. The world without her would still be good to the author.

D. The author should explore new worlds for his new life.

D

Some students who took the International English Language Testing System(IELTS) exam in August and September, 2015 have had their results"withheld (隐瞒)permanently", sending a strong signal that the examiners intend to stamp out cheating, some senior language tutors said. Yang Yuting, chief language training tutor at Amber Education, an overseas education consulting agency, said there have been a few cases in which candidates’IELTS results were canceled in recent years, leaving the students with no qualification but this is the first time he has heard that results, including those of some of his students, were"withheld permanently", meaning IELTS will not give the students their results, nor will they give them to others.

Wang Xin, a senior student at the Communication University of China in Beijing, took an IELTS test on August 1 and the results were due within 10 working days. But she was then informed that her results were undergoing routinechecks. Soon after that, she received an e-mail

telling her that"a decision has been made to withhold this result permanently"and stating that Wang had"breached (违反)IELTS test rules and regulations".

A number of students who took the test during the past two months in cities including Nanjing, Changsha and Guangzhou, have had the same experience. Many test takers said they were confused because they didn’t know how they had breached the rules and regulations.

IELTS authorities said in an e-mail toChinaDailythat IELTS takes the responsibility of providing test results very seriously. Results are only withheld in cases where there is strong evidence to suggest that the candidates have not observed IELTS regulations."In these cases, we are unable to guarantee that their result is a true reflection of their English language skills,"they said in the e-mail, although they gave no figures of how many students were involved."We regret any inconvenience this may cause, but these measures are essential to protect the value of the results for more than 2.5 million test takers every year. Hundreds of thousands of people take IELTS in China every year and the number of results which are permanently withheld is a tiny proportion(比例),"they said.

Hu Min, president of New Channel International Education Group, an English-language tutorial agency in China, said a major cause of results being withheld might be an extreme imbalance in performance levels in the four sections of the test."For example, if a student scores very high in the reading and listening sections while performing poorly in writing and speaking, IELTS authorities may suspect that the test taker has memorized the reading and listening questions —a practice that is very popular among Chinese test takers,"he said."IELTS authorities discourage such a practice and would determine that the scores can’t reflect the real English level if test takers do so."

32．Why is Yang Yuting mentioned in Paragraph 2?

A.To stress the importance of IELTS.

B.To emphasize the reliability of the news.

C.To compare the levels of different test takers.

D.To show the high quality service of his agency.

33．Students whose results were withheld were .

A.surprised at the news

B.to take a make-up test

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D.aware of the reasons in their own heart

34．According to Paragraph 5, IELTS authorities .

A.canceled the results once getting any evidence

B.keep a record of how many results were canceled

C.acknowledge that only a few results were canceled

D.canceled results of test takers from several Asian countries

35．What can we know about IELTS results?

A.They are announced through an e-mail.

B.All results will be rechecked by examiners.

C.They are announced in at least ten days.

D.The results include scores of four different parts.

第二部分根据短文内容,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。

Every single human being on this planet has a path and purpose to fulfill, whether they realize it or not.36

List what you love and connect the dots. 37It may not make sense at first, but all of the things you enjoy doing are part of your path in one form or another, so grab a pen and a piece of paper and start writing. Once you have your list, take a step back and see how all these brilliant pieces might connect to the work you are meant to do.

Identify what you do with ease. Often our passion and purpose are staring us right in the face, but it’s so natural to us that we don’t think anything about it. 38Just because they are easy for you doesn’t mean that’s the case for everyone else. By identifying what comes naturally to you, you have the ability to build on your strengths and help others in ways you never thought possible.

39Finding your passion is directly related to doing the things that light you up and set your soul on fire. If you love to teach, run, and host live events, then please, do them all! Who says your life purpose has to be just one thing? You are meant to experience life and all that it has offered.

Ask others to help. If you are still feeling stuck in finding your passion and purpose in life, it might be time to ask others for help. It can be difficult for you to see where you truly shine because you are simply too close to connecting the dots on your own. Friends, family members and professionals have a view that you don’t.40

A. Do what makes you happy.

B. Find what you do with ease.

C. Don’t overlook the things that are easy for you.

D. They can help you to see things within yourself.

E. You cannot count on others to help you completely.

F. Here are ways to find your passion and purpose from now on.

G. Identifying the things you love is the best way to find your passion and purpose.

三.语言知识技能运用（共两节，共45分）

【一】完形填空（每题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

People from every corner flooded into the streets that Christmas Eve. "Frosty the Snowman," and "Jingle Bells" 41 in stores; on the pavements, the street singers performed happily. Everyone was 42 by someone else, delighted and cheerful. I was alone.

As one of 8 kids of a Brazilian family, brought up in America's crowded apartment, I'd spent several years searching for aloneness. Now, 43 , at 27, a college student after the 44 with my girlfriend, every cell inside me wanted to be alone, 45 not at Christmas. My family had 46 to Brazil and my friends were 47 with their own lives. Dusk was approaching, and the fact that I had to return to my 48 home made me sad. Lights from windows blinked (闪烁), and

I hoped someone would 49 from one of those homes to invite me inside with

a Christmas tree decorated with shiny fake snow and 50 presents.

At a market, I felt more 51 when people were buying lots of goods, which

52 the gifts we received as children in my mind. I missed my family and wanted to cry for wanting to be alone and for having achieved it.

Outside the church, a manger (小耶稣) had been set 53 . I stood with others watching the scene, some of them 54 themselves, praying. As I walked

home, I realized that leaving Brazil was still a painful experience as I struggled with 55

I had become in 15 years in America. I'd mourned (悲叹) the 56 , but for the first time, I recognized what I’d gained. I was in dependent, 57 and healthy. My life was still ahead, full of 58 .

Sometimes the best gift is the one that you give yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself 59 for what I'd obtained up to now and promise to go forward. It is the best gift I've ever got, the one that I most 60 .

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42．A.accompanied B.employed C.attended D.supported

43．https://www.360docs.net/doc/9311328050.html,ually B.extremely C.really D.eventually

44．A.breakup B.date C.sympathy D.concern

45．A.so B.but C.and D.or

46．A.moved B.slipped C.came D.returned

47．A.pleased B.satisfied C.occupied D.bored

48．A.shabby B.empty C.warm D.cozy

49．A.turn up B.hang out C.go away D.break in

50．A.dealt B.discounted C.wrapped D.donated

51．A.tired B.nervous C.excited D.upset

52．A.called up B.called for C.called on D.called in

53．A.down B.up C.aside D.about

54．A.hugging B.bowing C.crossing D.bending

55．A.how B.which C.what D.that

56．A.cases B.limits C.losses D.worries

57．A.lonely https://www.360docs.net/doc/9311328050.html,cated C.shy D.wealthy

58．A.possibility B.sight C.sadness D.hardship

59．A.surprise B.defeat C.prize D.credit

60．A.select B.value C.save D.admit

第II卷非选择题（共50分）

三.语言知识技能运用（共两节，共45分）

【二】语法填空（每空1.5分，共15分）

阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The surprise party is very popular in America. Most people in America think 61 is very exciting to have surprise parties for their good friends or family members. It is quite easy to plan a surprise party when one’s birthday 62 (come). Do you want to know 63 a surprise party is like? Look at the following example. It’s night. Bob’s wife asks him 64 (go) downstairs to the kitchen and bring her a glass of milk. Bob walks to the kitchen and pushes the door open. There’s no sound 65 light there. 66 (sudden) he hears a strange sound and then sees a bear 67 (stand) in front of him! Bob is very scared and falls backwards. The bear takes off his costume. It’s Bob’s friend Charles! There 68 (be) also several people behind Charles, 69 (include) his wife. All of them say to Bob, “Surpris e!! Who!!” Bob is 70 (puzzle), and he does not know what it is until his friends say “Happy birthday” to him.

In fact, the surprise party has many kinds of forms. A successful surprise party always makes people feel surprised and excited. Everyone enjoys themselves at the party.

四.写作技能（共两节，共35分）

71.短文改错（共10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Ms Brown,

I’m writing this letter to express my thanks to you for help me with my English study during the past three years. I can still remember how poor my English was when I come to senior middle school. I even felt frightening each time I attended an English class. Know this, you communicated

with me patient and let me know the important of learning English well. Then you taught me many useful ways to learn English and even spent many of your free time helping me, for which I have always been grateful. With your help, I finally made a great progress. I could hardly believe my ears when the news came I was admitted into a key university.

Ms Brown, it’s you that has changed my life and made my dream come true. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua 72.书面表达（共25分）

假定你是高三学生李华，从网上获悉一家国际青少年志愿者组织正在全球招募暑期志愿者。请写一封电子邮件申请参加。主要内容如下：

1．写信目的；

2．自我介绍；

3．希望获准。

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．文章的结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

3．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sir or Madam,

With all my best regards.

Yours sincerely, Li Hua

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Ms Brown, it’s you that has changed my life and made my dream come true. Thank you.

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72.Dear Sir or Madam,

I’m writing this letter to apply for the job as a volunteer that you have advertised on the Internet.

In my opinion, not only can volunteer work help me enrich my knowledge and experience, but also it can help those in need live better and become more confident.

I will graduate from senior high school in June. In the past, I took part in many social activities in which I performed well and gained rich experience. My interest and skill in English, communication and teamwork contribute to my application for the job.

I would appreciate an interview at your convenience. I’m looking forward to hearing from you in the future.

With all my best regards.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua