届湖北省枣阳市鹿头中学高三年级上学期月考英语.docx

1、届湖北省枣阳市鹿头中学高三年级上学期月考 英语湖北省枣阳市鹿头中学2017届高三年级上学期9月月考英语试卷（时间：120分钟 分值150分） 本试卷分第I卷和第II卷两部分，共15页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项： 1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。2全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。第I卷第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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75分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳

2、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 time is it now?A. 7: 15. B. 6：40. C. 7: 45.2. What does the man think about the womans hat?A. Its very good.B. It doesnt go well with her dress.C. He likes the style of it.3. What does the man mean?A. He doesnt know the park.B. The park

3、 is nearby.C. There is no parking here.4. What does the man mean?A. The woman should go away.B. He will go closer to her.C. He can hear her very well.5. What is the problem?A. The woman doesnt like orange juice.B. The man was looking for orange juice.C. The man broke the container of the orange juic

4、e.第二节（共15小题; 每小题1.5分，共22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. Which bus did the man take yesterday?A. Number 7. B. Number 15. C. Both of them.7. How far will the woman walk if she takes a Number 15 bus?A. Half a

5、mile. B. One mile. C. Two miles.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Whats the weather like these days?A. Raining all the time. B. Sunny and bright. C. Cloudy and windy.9. What do they think of the weather?A. Not too bad. B. Terrible. C. Fine.10. How about the weather tomorrow according to the weatherman?A. Sunny. B.

6、 Rainy. C. Cloudy.听第8段材料，回答第11至14题。11. Where did the man watch the movie?A. At a friends house. B. Downtown. C. At a nearby cinema.12. How did the man like the movie?A. It was excellent. B. It was absurd. C. It wasnt worth mentioning.13. Why did Dave say his roommate was a real airhead?A. He thought

7、 Titanic was a Japanese boat during World War .B. He said that the Japanese won the war using a boat called Titanic.C. He believed that the Japanese sank a boat called Titanic.14. What did Dave and his roommate do after the movie?A. They went out for a few drinks.B. They watched TV.C. They talked ab

8、out their hobbies.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. What is the woman?A. A saleswoman. B. A student. C. A bank clerk.16. How much money can the woman get per month all together?A. 760. B.1, 260. C.2,160.17. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Work more. B. Get some money from the bank.C. Make a monthly

9、budget.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What did the man do immediately after he woke up?A. He looked out of the window. B. He turned on the TV. C. He prepared to leave.19. What was the weather like that day?A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Windy.20. What can we know from the passage?A. The man left without taking anyth

10、ing.B. He couldnt see the road clearly because night was drawing near.C. A big fire broke out around where he lived.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。AOne thing the tour books dont tell you about London is that 2,000 0f its residents (屠民) are f

11、oxes. They ran away from the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home.The number and variety of wild animals in urban c城市的) areas is increasing, says Corner Jones. A survey of the wildlife in New Yorks Central

12、 Park last year counted 14 kinds of animals. A similar survey carried out in the 1890s counted only five kinds.Several changes have brought wild animals to the cities. First, the air and water quality in many cities have improved as a result of the 1970s pollution-control efforts. Meanwhile, rural a

13、reas have been built up, and many animals have gone to the area outside the centre of a city. In addition, urban wildlife refuges (避难处) have been created. The Greater London Council last year spent $ 750, 000 to buy land and build 10 permanent (永久性的) wildlife refuges in the city. As a result, many b

14、irds are now living in the city. By 1970 the birds had died out east of the Mississippi because the DDT had made their eggs too thin to support life.That year, scientist Tom Cade of Cornell University began raising the birds for release in cities, for cities afforded abundant food.Cities can attract

15、 wild animals without turning them harmful. The key is to create habitats where they are able to live happily. Such habitats can even be useful. In San Francisco, the local government is testing different kinds of rainwater control basins to see not only which ones keep the cleanest water but which

16、will attract the most birds.21 What is the passage mainly about?A. 2,000 foxes returning to London.B. Wild animals living in zoos.C. Wildlife returning to some larger cities.D. The great enemy of wildlife.22 It can be inferred from the passage thatA. Londoners are putting more and more wild animals

17、into their zoosB. Londoners are happy to see wild animals return to their cityC. Londoners are trying to move wild animals back to the countrysideD. Londoners have welcomed the wild birds, but found foxes a problem23According to the passage, the number of species of wildlife in New Yorks park .A. is

18、 slowly going downB. is the same as that in other citiesC. doesnt change too muchD. has more than doubled in the last century24 Which of the following is NOT a reason why wildlife is returning to the cities?A. There is plenty of food for wildlife in the city.B. Wildlife enjoys being watched and fed

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26、term.D. A is a very popular on-line bookstore.I watch documentaries, not moviesI read history books, not fictionI use every free moment to accomplish one of the tasks on my never-ending checklist, and I am completely filled with thoughts of productivityAn hour sleeping is an hour wastedAnd like the

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