湖北省黄冈中学2005届高三年级十二月份月考试题
第二部分 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)
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
21．Colin married my sister and I married his brother, makes Colin and me double in-laws.
A．what B．which C．that D．it
22．Jane and Tim still remember that it was , their parents, who encouraged them to continue the education.
A．those B．who C．they D．whom
23．A foreign language like English is difficult to learn, so you work too hard.
A．should B．mustn’t C．can’t D．ought to
24．When the whole area was by the flood, the government sent food there by helicopter.
A．cut away B．cut down C．cut up D．cut off
25．Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true
it comes to classroom tests.
A．when B．since C．before D．after
26．I should like to rent a house, modern, comfortable and in a neighborhood.
A．all in all B．above all C．after all D．in all
27．I should very much like to have gone to that party of theirs, but .
A．I’m not invited B．I have not been invited
C．I was not invited D．I will not be invited
28．—Are we about to have dinner?
—Yes, it in the dining-room.
A．is serving B．is being served C．has been serving D．serves
29．He ran back into the room to see if he had anything behind.
A．forgotten B．laid C．remained D．left
30．—John will probably be late, won’t he?
— .
A．No problem B．No wonder C．No doubt D．No time
31． in this place is slow; sometimes you have to wait ten minutes for .
A．The service; a service B．The service; service
C．Service; service D．Service; a service
32．This book will show you can be used in other foreign countries.
A．how you have observed B．how what you have observed
C．that you have observed D．how that you have observed
33．—How was your picnic?
—Oh, terrible! We couldn’t have picked a day for it—it rained nonstop.
A．worse B．better C．worst D．best
34．Hardly had he game begun it started raining.
A．as B．than C．when D．while
35．The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the people watching on beaches, chairs or boxex.
A．having seated B．seating C．seated D．having been seated
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。
One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn’t face my 36 apartment. Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the 37 between the two tall heads in front of me. I 38 to keep changing the angle（角度）every time she leaned（倾斜）over to talk to him, 39 he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans show such 40 in a public place? I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 41 it turned out, it was an Italian movie. 42 about an hour I decided to 43 on the movie and concentrate（集中精力）on my popcorn（爆玉米花）。 I’ve never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good, 44 . After a while I heard 45 more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the 46 of the popcorn chewing between my teeth. My 47 started to wander（游荡）. I remembered when I was in South Korea, I 48 to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean— I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me, 49 I saw him again in New York speaking 50 English instead of perfect Korean. He didn’t even have a Korean accent and I 51 like I had been betrayed（背叛）. When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. 52 we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very 53 and we all seemed to keep away from each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to 54 in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it 55 out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We’ve been speaking Korean at home ever since.
36．A．warm B．hot C．heated D．cool
37．A．distance B．blank C．break D．opening
38．A．planned B．intended C．meant D．had
39．A．while B．whenever C．or D．and
40．A．attraction B．attention C．love D．self-control
41．A．since B．when C．what D．as
42．A．Within B．After C．For D．Over
43．A．give up B．keep up C．carry on D．give away
44．A．too B．still C．though D．certainly
45．A．much B．any C．no D．few
46．A．voice B．sound C．noise D．burst
47．A．head B．thought C．feeling D．idea
48．A．enjoyed B．happened C．turned D．used
49．A．until B．because C．then D．therefore
50．A．poor B．informal C．perfect D．practical
51．A．felt B．looked C．seemed D．appeared
52．A．While B．If C．Before D．Once
53．A．empty B．quiet C．sad D．calm
54．A．telling B．pronouncing C．saying D．speaking
55．A．worked B．got C．came D．made
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
Don’t try telling Mark Bouch that dogs are man’s best friends. His pet Keilar helped land him in prison.
He dropped his package of amphetamine（安非他命）at the feet of the policemen as they began a search of his house.
Bouch, 26, was confident that the two officers would not find the package after he hid it in the bathroom.
But he failed to make allowances for dogs’ natural instincts and now he is starting a nice month prison sentence.
Michelle Lockhart, 20, Mark’s girlfriend at the time, said yesterday: “I put the dogs into the bathroom to get them out of the way. The next thing I knew, Keilar had a package in her mouth. Mark had hidden it in the bathroom and it was just on the floor in there.”
“I couldn’t believe it when the dog came out and put it right in front of the policemen. It was just following its instinct to pick things up. The police looked as surprised as I was and Keilar just looked really pleased with herself. She really gave the game away. I haven’t spoken to Mark since it happened.”
The police had arrived at the couple’s home in Wigton, Cumbria, after a warning. They were puzzled to see one of their suspect’s（嫌疑犯）pets run out from behind a chair with a package in her jaws.
It is believed Keilar had found the drugs in the bathroom before moving quickly down behind the furniture and then showing the officers her find. Detective Constable James Little, who was in change of the case, said: “Somebody had a bag of amphetamine and when the police arrived, it disappeared rather rapidly. The dog, following its natural instinct, went and picked it up in its mouth and brought it back.”
Bouch, who has 82 previous convictions（定罪） mostly for dishonesty, had denied（否定）possessing amphetamine with intent to supply but was convicted at Carlisle Crown Court.
His pets are being cared for by relatives while he is in prison.
Lockhart had been sentenced to 240 hours’ community service for the same charge.
The judge said she escaped because of her immaturity(not fully developed) and lack of previous convictions.
56．What would be the best title for the text?
A．Mark Bouch Was Put into Prison. B．The Dog That Sent It’s Owner to Prison.
C．Dogs Are Not Man’s Best Friends. D．Police Caught Their Suspect.
57．We can infer from the text that “instinct” means .
A．born ability B．power to do something
C．natural honesty D．special curiosity
58．Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the story?
a.The police arrived at the Mark’s home.
b.Bouch was at Carlisle Crown Court.
c.The dog picked up the package of amphetamine.
d.Mark hid the amphetamine.
A．a,d,c,b B．d,c,a,b C．d,a,c,b D．a,b,c,d
59．The police looked surprised when the dog put the package in front of them because .
A．they found their suspect was honest
B．they had made a wrong decision
C．they found the dog was an excellent police dog
D．they hadn’t thought the dog would find the evidence（证明）for them
B
For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies—and other creatures—learn to do things because certain acts lead to “rewards”（报酬）; and there is no reason to doubt that this is true. But it used also to be widely believed that effective rewards, at least in the early stages, had to be directly related to such basic physiological（生理的） “drives” as thirst or hunger. In other words, a baby would learn if he got food or drink or some sort of physical comfort.
It is now clear that this is not so. Babies will learn to behave in ways that produce results in the world with no reward except the successfully result.
Papousek began his studies by using milk in the normal way to “reward” the babies and so teach them to carry out some simple movements, such as turning the head to one side or the other. Then he noticed that a baby who had had enough to drink would refuse the milk but would still go on making the learned response with clear signs of pleasure. So he began to study the children’s responses in situations where no milk was provided. He quickly found that children as young as four months would learn to turn their heads to right or left if the movement “turned on” a display（展示） of lights—and indeed that they were able to learn quite complex turns to bring about this result, for example two left or two right, or even to make as many as three turns to one side.
Papousek’s light display was placed directly in front of the babies and he made the interesting observation that sometimes they would not turn back to watch the lights closely although they would be very pleased when the display came on. Papousek concluded that it was not mainly the sight of the lights which pleased them, it was the success they were achieving in solving the problem, in mastering the skill, and that there exists a fundamental(basic) human desire to make sense of the world and bring it under intentional control.
60．According to the author, babies learn to do things which .
A．are directly related to pleasure B．will meet their physical needs
C．will bring them a feeling of success D．will satisfy their curiosity
61．In Papousek’s light experiment babies make learned movements of the head in order to .
A．have the lights turned on B．be rewarded with milk
C．please their parents D．be praised
62．The babies would be very pleased at the lights because .
A．the lights were directly related to some basic “drives”
B．the sight of the lights was interesting
C．they need not turn back to watch the lights
D．they succeeded in “turning on” the lights
63．According to Papousek, the pleasure babies get in achieving something is a response of .
A．a basic human desire to understand and control the world
B．the satisfaction of certain physiological needs
C．their strong desire to solve complex problems
D．a fundamental human desire to display their learned skills
C
With fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of big industrial plants for the recycling of waste. The word rubbish could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dustbin would be made into something useful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy of nothing else.
The latest project is to take a city of around half a million citizens and discover exactly what raw（未经加工的）materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well.
Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is complete, the rubbish will be treated like this: First, it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements（元素）from the heavy solids; after that founders and rollers will break up everything that can be broken. Finally, the rubbish will pass under magnets（磁铁）, which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final step.
The first full-scale（全方位的）big recycling plants are perhaps fifteen years away. Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dustbins, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.
64．The phrase “should be well on with…” (Para.1) most probably means .
A．have completed what was started B．get ready to start
C．have achieved a great deal in D．put an end to
65．What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process（过程）described in paragraph 3?
A．Breaking up whatever is breakable.
B．Sharpening metal bars.
C．Separating light elements from the heavy ones.
D．Sorting out small pieces of metal.
66．What’s the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?
A．To deal with wastes in a better way.
B．To protect the environment from pollution.
C．To get raw materials locally.
D．To get advantage from those plants.
67．The passage is mainly about .
A．a cheap way to get energy B．the position of recycling plants
C．new ways of recycling wastes D．the probability of city environment
D
Sixteen years ago, Eileen Doyle’s husband, an engineer, took his four children for an early cup of tea, packed a small case and was never seen or heard of again. Eileen was astonished and in a state of despair（绝望）. They had been a happy family and, as far as she knew, there had been nothing wrong with their marriage.
Every day of the year a small group of men and women quietly pack a few things of their own and without so much as a note or a goodbye close the front door for the last time, leaving their debts, their worries and their puzzled families behind them.
Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearly as many women were reported missing from home-the highest in 15 years. Many did return home within a year, but others rejected(refused to accept) the past completely and are now living a new life somewhere under a different identity（身份）.
To those left behind this form of desertion is a terrible blow to their pride and self-confidence. Even the finality of death might be preferable. At least it does not suggest refusal or failure. Worse than that, people can be left with an unfinished marriage, not knowing whether they will have to wait seven years before they are free to start a fresh life.
Clinical psychologist（心理学家） Paul Brown believes most departures(going away) of this kind to be well planned rather than impulsive（易冲动的）. “It’s typical of the kind of personality which seems able to pay no attention to other people’s pain and difficulties. Running away, like killing yourself, is a highly aggressive（挑衅的）act. By creating an absence the people left behind feel upset and empty.”
The Salvation Army’s Investigation Department has a 70 per cent success rate in tracking missing people down. According to Lt. Col. Branwell Pratt, head of the department, men and women run away for very different reasons though lack of communication is often the biggest motive(a reason for action). “The things that disturb a man’s personality are problems like being tied up in debt, or serious worries about work. And some women make impossible demands on their husbands Women usually leave for more obvious reasons but fear is at the root of it. Men are often prepared to give their marriage another try than women, but we know that, for some wives, it would be a total impossibility to return after the way they’ve been treated.”
68．When her husband left home Eileen Doyle .
A．could not forgive him for taking the children with him
B．had been expecting it to happen for some time
C．could not understand why
D．blamed herself for what had happened
69．Most people who leave their families .
A．do so without warning B．do so because of their debts
C．come back immediately D．change their names
70．Paul Brown regards leaving home is such circumstances（情况）as .
A．an act of despair
B．an act of selfishness
C．the result of a sudden decision
D．a way to draw the partner’s attention to problems
71．The Salvation Army believes that .
A．men and women leave their families for similar reasons
B．men’s reasons are more understandable than women’s
C．women never want to give men another chance
D．women often do not wish to receive their remarriage
E
Crossroads International
How does Crossroads work?
Crossroads is a resource network. We take goods Hong Kong doesn’t want and give them to people who badly need them. We collect those goods and give them out in the welfare arena（福利院）in Hong Kong, Mainland China, elsewhere in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. So Crossroads is just that: a Crossroads between need and resource.
Who do we help?
The welfare agencies we help do not run on large budgets（预算）. They are grass-root（ordinary people） groups who have seen a need and tried to meet it. They can’t get the job done without any support, though, so our task is to help them do their task. Our warehouse is full of goods, from computers to high chairs, clothing to books, stationery（文具）to medical provision, cupboards to dining sets. They send us a list of their needs and we try to match it with the resource we have in stock.
How do we operate?
Crossroads itself also operates on a low budget. We do not buy the goods we send. They are donated（捐赠）. Similarly, rather than raising money for goods transportation, we ask transport companies to donate their services. Nobody in our organization receives a salary. Even our full-time staff work on a voluntary（志愿的） basis.
Those that donate goods and services:
·Factories ·Manufacturers
·Hospitals ·Hotels
·Educational Institutions ·Householders
·Transport Companies ·Offices
·Other Charities（慈善团体）
One resource that we are always in need of is people. While we receive large quantities of goods and there is never a short supply of requests for them, we are always in need of hands to help sort and prepare them for shipping.
What can I do?
We are always in need of people. We have a lot of tasks. If you are volunteering regularly, we can offer work in some of the following categories（种类）, some of the time. You are welcome to number your top three choices and we will do our best to accommodate(supply) them.
·Clothing categorization ·Sewing
·Toy categorization ·Furniture handling
·Book categorization ·Driving
·Household goods categorization ·Office work
·Electrical goods categorization ·Book keeping
·Stationery categorization ·Fund-raising
·Medical categorization
Where to find us
All volunteer work is done at our warehouse:
Located in Basement Zone M of the Kai Tak Government Building
Our warehouse hours:
Tues.—Sat.
10:10a.m.——5:30p.m.
Postal Address:
16 Man Tong, Silvermine Bay, Lantau Island, Hong kong
office details:
Ph:2984 9309, 2740 9657
Fax:2984 7452
Email:
72．Crossroads International is .
A．a welfare agency
B．a place to store goods donated
C．an organization to collect goods for those who need them
D．an organization run by the government
73．People in poor areas can’t get help from the Crossroads if they need .
A．toys and books B．furniture and computers
C．fresh water and food D．clothes and washing machines
74．The purpose of this brochure（小册子）is mainly to .
A．look for volunteers to work for Crossroads
B．call on people to donate more goods
C．let people know what Crossroads International is
D．tell people what Crossroads can provide
75．From the above brochure, we can conclude that .
A．people who work at Crossroads get low pay from it
B．Crossroads doesn’t give goods directly to the people who need them
C．you can do whatever you like if you offer help at Crossroads
D．Crossroads has collected more goods than needed
第二卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Our school was built in 1904, and now it had 50 classes with 76．
about 4,000 students and 200 teachers. The school lays on the 77．
Changjiang River. In the east runs a small river. Here is a big 78．
stone bridge over it. The playground is nearby the river. In the
middle of the yard is a big garden, which there are many flowers 79．
and old trees. On its left standing a lab, and on its right, a library. 80．
North to the garden is the teaching building. Behind building is 81．
the student dormitory. There are two wood in the school. On is in 82．
the west, and the other is in the southeast. The school gate is in 83．
the east, in front of which lies in a highway. The school is not 84．
large, and beautiful, clean and tidy. All the teachers and students 85．
like it very much.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
请根据下面的图表以及中文提示所提供的信息，写一篇报道，简要描述我国近年私人轿车的增长情况以及可能会带来的影响：
●出行方便快捷
●有助于汽车工业发展
●污染空气
●交通事故增多
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注意：1．词数100左右。 2．开头已给出。
In recent years the number of private cars has been increasing rapidly in our country. In 1990……
湖北省黄冈中学2005届高三年级十二月份月考试题
英语听力材料录音稿参考答案
（Text 1）
M：Jane, you are a teacher. How about your sister?
W：She is a doctor. But she used to be a nurse.
(Text 2)
M：Excuse me. Can you tell me where the nearest bank is?
W：Yes. Go along the street. Turn right at the cinema. Then walk ahead for about 100 meters. You will find a bank.
(Text 3)
W：I heard that you have changed your job. How do you feel your new job?
M：Better than the job I used to take up. The most important is that doing the present job I can use what I have learned.
(Text 4)
M：What are you going to do this summer vaction?
W：I want to have a trip to Beijing because I have never been there. But my mother wants me to stay at home and study since I am going to take the National Entrance Examinations next year.
(Text 5)
W：Why do you come late for the class again, Tom?
M：Because my mother is ill and I had to prepare the breakfast myself this morning.
(Text 6)
M：Hello, Elma, this is Paul. Can I see you sometime this week?
W：Yes, you can. But I am only free on Thursday morning.
M：You can’t make it in any other time?
W：Sorry, I cannot.
M：Fine. It’s very important. So we’d better make it Thursday morning. What time can you meet me?
W：I can meet you between ten and eleven thirty.
M：Fine. Let’s say ten o’clock. Fine?
W：Fine. In my office. See you then.
M：See you.
(Text 7)
W：Hi. Robert. When do you plan to go home? Right after you graduate from here?
M：You don’t know the good news. My father called this morning and said I could stay another year.
W：Hey, that’s great. What are you going to do? Get a master’s degree?
M：No, I am going to work.
W：Work! You cannot work here . You have been complaining about that for four years.
M：Yes, I can. I can work for a year to get practical training in my field.
W：You mean you are going to work as an engineer?
M：Well, not exactly, but close. One of my uncle’s friends has a small construction company in Austin, and he says I could work for him.
W：Boy, I go away for a weekend and you have got a job and everything.
(Text 8)
W：Hello. Is that Self Drive Can Hire?
M：Yes, speaking. Can I help you?
W：Yes, please. I wanted to ask about hiring a car for the weekend.
M：Well, we do have special weekend rates. But what kind of car would you like to have?
W：Well, I am not sure. What would be the best kind for a family of four plus space for camping equipment? We are going on a camping holiday.
M：Yes. I think you would need something like a taxi.
W：Yes. We’d be leaving on Friday, that’s July 7th and returning on Monday, that is July the 10th.
M：Yes, that’s fine if you pick up the car after 5 o’clock on Friday and return it by 10 o’clock on Monday.
W：I see. Could you tell me the basic cost?
M：It’s 29.5 pounds and the first three hundred miles are free but after that you have to pay 5.5 pence per mile.
W：Right. Is there any extra cost for two drivers because my husband might want to drive as well?
M：Yes, we do charge an extra 2,50 pounds for each extra driver.
W：I see. Thank you very much indeed.
M：OK. My pleasure.
W：Bye-bye.
M：Bye-bye
（Text 9）
W：Hello. I wonder if I could speak to Mr. Adams, please?
M：Yes, John Adams speaking.
W：I learned from a newspaper that you want a hostess. Could you give me a few more details about the job?
M：Yes, certainly. It is a part-time job. We would need you from ten in the morning until two in the afternoon.
W：But you did not make it clear in the newspaper that it is a part-time job.
M：Yes, we should have made it clear. But are you still interested?
W：Yes. But it would depend on what the salary is.
M：Yes, we are offering about 75 pounds a week. It will be a bit more if you have the right qualifications and experience. Have you had any experience in cooking?
W：Yes, I have. I have been doing work rather similar to that required by you.
M：Well, that sounds about right. Perhaps we can have a talk some time.
W：Then when would be suitable for you?
M：Let me have a look at my diary. Yes, what about next Wednesday 2:30 in the afternoon?
W：Yes, I think that would be fine.
M：Fine. Then see you next Wednesday at 2:30. Bye.
(Text 10)
Today we are going to talk about the climate of the United States. The United States has many different kinds of climates. On the west coast, the temperature changes very little between summer and winter. In the north central states, people wear light clothing in the winter. In the southwest, the climate is pleasantly warm during the winter, but summer is hot. In the eastern part of the United States, summers are usually hot and winters are usually cold. Spring temperatures are comfortably warm and temperatures in autumn are pleasantly cool. Years ago, people in the cold parts of the United States did not often eat fresh vegetables and fresh fruits during the winter. Today, however, trucks and trains carry fruits and vegetables very quickly to all parts of the United States. In this way, Americans send their climates to people in other states.
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21—25:BCCDA 26—30:BCBDC 31—35:BBACC 36—40:BDDCC
41—45:DBACC 46—50:BBDAC 51—55:ADBDC 56—60:BACDC
61—65:ADACB 66—70:ACCAB 71—75:DCCAB
76．had→has 77．lays→lies 78．Here→There
79．which→where或which前加in 80．standing→stands
81．Behind后加the 82．wood→woods 83．√
84．去掉in 85．第一个and→but
One possible verysion:
In recent years the number of private cars has been increasing rapidly in our country. In 1990, there were about one million private cars. As time went on, the number of private cars went up to 5 million in 1999. Now there are more than 10,000,000 private cars in China.
As we know, a car is very convenient. We can go to any place more quickly. Besides, the increase of the number of private cars can help car industry develop faster.
However, more cars may cause more traffic accidents and more air pollution. What’s more, waste gases from cars can do great harm to our health.
I do hope people will pay enough attention to these problems.